Job 9:15

Job 9:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
• New International Version (NIV)Though I were innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Though I am in the right, I cannot answer him; I must appeal for mercy to my accuser.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I would beg mercy of my Judge.

Context of Job 9:15

13God withdraweth not his anger; the proud helpers stoop under him: 14How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words [to strive] with him? Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge. 16If I had called, and he had answered me, I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice, — 17He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

Job 9:15 word by word

אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִם־צָ֭דַקְתִּי לֹ֣א אֶעֱנֶ֑ה לִ֝מְשֹׁפְטִ֗י אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃Read the interlinear

• righteousצָדֵקtsâdaq · to justifyH6663
• answerעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• judgeשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199

Cross-references for Job 9:15

• Job 10:15If I were wicked, woe unto me! and righteous, I will not lift up my head, being [so] full of shame, and beholding mine affliction; —
• 1 Corinthians 4:4For I am conscious of nothing in myself; but I am not justified by this: but he that examines me is the Lord.
• Job 5:8But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause;
• Job 8:5If thou seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty,
• Job 10:2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou strivest with me.
• Job 22:27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;
• Job 34:31For hath he said unto God, I bear [chastisement], I will not offend;
• 1 Kings 8:38what prayer, what supplication soever be made by any man, of all thy people Israel, when they shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house;
• 2 Chronicles 33:13and prayed to him. And he was intreated of him and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah, he was God.
• Jeremiah 31:9They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them; I will cause them to walk by water-brooks, in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble; for I will be a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
• Daniel 9:3And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes;
• Job 23:7There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.
• 1 Peter 2:23who, [when] reviled, reviled not again; [when] suffering, threatened not; but gave [himself] over into the hands of him who judges righteously;

Commentaries on Job 9:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Though I were righteous - Though clear of all the crimes, public and secret, of which you accuse me, yet I would not dare to stand before his immaculate holiness. Man's holiness may profit man, but in the sight of the infinite purity of God it is nothing. Thus sung an eminent poet: - "I loathe myself when God I see, And into nothing fall; Content that thou exalted be, And Christ be all in all." I would make supplication to my Judge - Though not conscious…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Whom, though I were righteous - That is, if I felt the utmost confidence that I was righteous, yet, if God judged otherwise, and regarded me as a sinner, I would not reply to him, but would make supplication to him as a sinner. I would have so much confidence in him, and would feel that he was so much better qualified than I am to judge, and that I am so liable to be deceived, that I would come to him as a sinner, if he judged and declared me to be one…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-21Verses 14-21 Job is still righteous in his own eyes, ch. 32:1, and this answer, though it sets forth the power and majesty of God, implies that the question between the afflicted and the Lord of providence, is a question of might, and not of right; and we begin to discover the evil fruits of pride and of a self-righteous spirit. Job begins to manifest a disposition to condemn God, that he may justify himself, for which he is afterwards reproved. Still Job…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. 1515. (Job 10:15). Though I were conscious of no sin, yet I would not dare to say so, but leave it to His judgment and mercy to justify me (1Co 4:4).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