Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Job 9:3 in English Standard Version "If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times." Job 10:2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me. Ps 143:2 Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you. Ro 3:20 For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.