KJV
ASV
3. If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.
ESV
3. If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times.
ERVEN
3. Anyone who chose to argue with him could not answer one question in a thousand!
NLT
3. If someone wanted to take God to court, would it be possible to answer him even once in a thousand times?
WEB
3. If he is pleased to contend with him, He can't answer him one time in a thousand.
NET
3. If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.
NLV
3. If one wished to argue with Him, he would not be able to answer one out of a thousand of His questions.
HCSB
3. If one wanted to take Him to court, he could not answer God once in a thousand [times].
YLT
3. If he delight to strive with Him -- He doth not answer him one of a thousand.
LITV
3. If he would argue with Him, he cannot answer Him one of a thousand.
RV
3. If he be pleased to contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
NCV
3. Someone might want to argue with God, but no one could answer God, not one time out of a thousand.
MKJV
3. If he will argue with Him, he cannot answer Him one of a thousand.
AKJV
3. If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
LXXEN
3. For if he would enter into judgement with him, [Or, he] God would not hearken to him, so that he should answer to one of his charges of a thousand.
KJV
3. If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
AMP
3. If one should want to contend with Him, he cannot answer one [of His questions] in a thousand.
KJVP
3. If H518 PART he will H2654 VQY3MS contend H7378 L-VQFC with H5973 PREP-3MS him , he cannot H3808 ADV answer H6030 VQY3MS-3MS him one H259 OFS of H4480 PREP-1MS a thousand H505 MMS .
YLT
3. If he delight to strive with Him -- He doth not answer him one of a thousand.
ASV
3. If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.
WEB
3. If he is pleased to contend with him, He can't answer him one time in a thousand.
NASB
3. Should one wish to contend with him, he could not answer him once in a thousand times.
ESV
3. If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times.
RV
3. If he be pleased to contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
RSV
3. If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times.
NKJV
3. If one wished to contend with Him, He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
MKJV
3. If he will argue with Him, he cannot answer Him one of a thousand.
AKJV
3. If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
NRSV
3. If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand.
NIV
3. Though one wished to dispute with him, he could not answer him one time out of a thousand.
NIRV
3. They might wish to argue with him. But they couldn't answer him even once in a thousand times.
NLT
3. If someone wanted to take God to court, would it be possible to answer him even once in a thousand times?
MSG
3. If we wanted to bring our case before him, what chance would we have? Not one in a thousand!
GNB
3. How can anyone argue with him? He can ask a thousand questions that no one could ever answer.
NET
3. If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.
ERVEN
3. Anyone who chose to argue with him could not answer one question in a thousand!