Berean Standard Bible

Job 9:16-23

16If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.17For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.18He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.19If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him1?20Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.2

21Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself;I despise my own life.22It is all the same, and so I say,‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’23When the scourge brings sudden death,He mocks the despair of the innocent.

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Notes

1. Job 9:19 See LXX; Hebrew me ↩
2. Job 9:20 Or He would declare me guilty ↩

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