American Standard Version
Job 33:9
9I am clean, without transgression;I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me:
Job 33:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
- New International Version (NIV)‘I am pure, I have done no wrong; I am clean and free from sin.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You say, 'I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, and there is no iniquity in me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me.
Context of Job 33:9
7Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, Neither shall my pressure be heavy upon thee. 8Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the voice ofthywords, saying, I am clean, without transgression; I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me: 10Behold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy; 11He putteth my feet in the stocks, He marketh all my paths.
Read all of Job 33Job 33:9 word by word
זַ֥ךְ אֲנִ֗י בְּֽלִ֫י פָ֥שַׁע חַ֥ף אָנֹכִ֑י וְלֹ֖א עָוֹ֣ן לִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 33:9
- Job 9:17For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause.
- Job 10:7Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?
- Job 11:4For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes.
- Job 16:17Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
- Job 23:11My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside.
- Job 27:5Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
- Job 9:23If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.
- Job 17:8Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
- Jeremiah 2:35Yet thou saidst, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
Commentaries on Job 33:9
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9I am clean - I am pure and holy. Without transgression - Job had not used these very expressions, nor had he intended to maintain that he was absolutely free from sin; see Job 9:20. He had maintained that he was not chargeable with the transgressions of which his three friends maintained that he was guilty, and in doing that he had used strong language, and language which even seemed to imply that he was without transgression; see Job 9:30; Job 10:7; Job…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 Elihu charges Job with reflecting upon the justice and goodness of God. When we hear any thing said to God's dishonour, we ought to bear our testimony against it. Job had represented God as severe in marking what he did amiss. Elihu urges that he had spoken wrong, and that he ought to humble himself before God, and by repentance to unsay it. God is not accountable to us. It is unreasonable for weak, sinful creatures, to strive with a God of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Job claimed to be pure and without sin, using various terms (9:21; 10:6–7; 11:4; 13:23–24; 15:14–16; 16:17; 31:1–40).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. clean--spotless.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 33
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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