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Job 9:34
34Let Him take His rod away from me, And let not the dread and fear of Him terrify me.
Job 9:34 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
- New International Version (NIV)someone to remove God’s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let him take his rod away from me, and let not dread of him terrify me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let Him take His rod away from me, And do not let dread of Him terrify me.
Context of Job 9:34
32For God is not a [mere] man, as I am, that I may answer Him, That we may go to court and judgment together. 33There is no arbitrator between us, Who could lay his hand upon us both [would that there were]. Let Him take His rod away from me, And let not the dread and fear of Him terrify me. 35Then I would speak [my defense] and not fear Him; But I am not like that in myself.
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יָסֵ֣ר מֵעָלַ֣י שִׁבְט֑וֹ וְ֝אֵמָת֗וֹ אַֽל־תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 9:34
- Job 13:11Will not His majesty terrify you, And will not the dread of Him fall upon you?
- Job 23:15Therefore I would be terrified at His presence; When I consider [all of this], I tremble in dread of Him.
- Job 31:23For tragedy from God is a terror to me, And because of His majesty and exaltation I can do nothing [nor endure facing Him].
- Job 33:7Behold, I will not make you afraid or terrified of me [for I am only mortal and not God], Nor should any pressure from me weigh heavily upon you.
- Job 37:1“Indeed, at His thundering my heart trembles And leaps out of its place.
- Psalms 39:10Remove Your plague from me; I am wasting away because of the conflict and opposition of Your hand.
- Psalms 90:11Who understands the power of Your anger? [Who connects this brevity of life among us with Your judgment of sin?] And Your wrath, [who connects it] with the [reverent] fear that is due You?
- Job 29:2“Oh, that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me,
Commentaries on Job 9:34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34Let him take his rod away - In the Masoretic Bibles, the word שבטו shibto, his rod, is written with a large ט teth, as above; and as the letter in numerals stands for 9, the Masora says the word was thus written to show the nine calamities under which Job had suffered, and which he wished God to remove. As שבט shebet signifies, not only rod, but also scepter or the ensign of royalty, Job might here refer to God sitting in his majesty upon the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34Let him take his rod away from me - Let him suspend my sufferings, and let us come together on equal terms. His terror now is upon me, and I can do nothing. I am oppressed, and broken down, and crushed under his hand, and I could not hope to maintain my cause with any degree of success. If my sufferings were lightened, and I could approach the question with the rigor of health and the power of reasoning unweakened by calamity, I could then do justice to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-35Verses 25-35 What little need have we of pastimes, and what great need to redeem time, when it runs on so fast towards eternity! How vain the enjoyments of time, which we may quite lose while yet time continues! The remembrance of having done our duty will be pleasing afterwards; so will not the remembrance of having got worldly wealth, when it is all lost and gone. Job's complaint of God, as one that could not be appeased and would not relent, was the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-35Job answered Bildad by describing God's universal and legal power. His speech resembles a complex legal case. It includes: A summons and response (9:3, 14–16, 19b, 32). The risk of proving himself guilty (9:20). A "mediator" (9:33–34). A question of accusation (9:12). A legal sentence (9:22). A declaration of guilt (9:28–30).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3434. rod--not here the symbol of punishment, but of power. Job cannot meet God on fair terms so long as God deals with him on the footing of His almighty power.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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