Job 9:16
Good News Translation
Yet even then, if he lets me speak, I can't believe he would listen to me.

New Revised Standard Version
If I summoned him and he answered me, I do not believe that he would listen to my voice.

Contemporary English Version
And if God came into court when I called him, he would not hear my case.

New American Bible
If I appealed to him and he answered me, I could not believe that he would listen to me;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And if he should hear me when I call, I should not believe that he had heard my voice.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And if he should hear me when I call, I should not believe that he had heard my voice.

If I had

Psalm 18:6 In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came into his ears.

Psalm 66:18-20 If I have looked at iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me. . . .

Psalm 116:1,2 I have loved, because the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer. . . .

would I

Job 29:24 If at any time I laughed on them, they believed not, and the light of my countenance fell not on earth.

Exodus 6:9 And Moses told all this to the children of Israel: but they did not hearken to him, for anguish of spirit, and most painful work.

Judges 6:13 And Gedeon said to him: I beseech thee, my lord, if the Lord be with us, why have these evils fallen upon us? Where are his miracles, which our fathers have told us of, saying: The Lord brought us out of Egypt but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hand of Madian.

Psalm 126:1 A gradual canticle. When the Lord brought back the captivity of Sion, we became like men comforted.

Luke 24:41 But while they yet believed not and wondered for joy, he said: Have you here any thing to eat?

Acts 12:14-16 And as soon as she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for joy: but running in she told that Peter stood before the gate. . . .

Context
Job: How Can I Argue with God?
15I, who although I should have any just thing, would not answer, but would make supplication to my judge. 16And if he should hear me when I call, I should not believe that he had heard my voice.17For he shall crush me in a whirlwind, and multiply my wounds even without cause.…
Cross References
Job 9:15
I, who although I should have any just thing, would not answer, but would make supplication to my judge.

Job 9:17
For he shall crush me in a whirlwind, and multiply my wounds even without cause.

Job 13:22
Call me, and I will answer thee: or else I will speak, and do thou answer me.

Job 9:15
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