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Job 9:17
17He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Job 9:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
- New International Version (NIV)He would crush me with a storm and multiply my wounds for no reason.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For he crushes me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause;
- New King James Version (NKJV)For He crushes me with a tempest, And multiplies my wounds without cause.
Context of Job 9:17
15Whom, 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, — He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. 18He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses. 19Be it a question of strength, lo, [he is] strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a time?
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אֲשֶׁר־בִּשְׂעָרָ֥ה יְשׁוּפֵ֑נִי וְהִרְבָּ֖ה פְצָעַ֣י חִנָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 9:17
- Job 16:14He breaketh me with breach upon breach; he runneth upon me like a mighty man.
- Psalms 29:5The voice of Jehovah breaketh cedars; yea, Jehovah breaketh the cedars of Lebanon:
- Psalms 42:7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy cataracts; all thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.
- Psalms 83:15So pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy whirlwind.
- Isaiah 28:17And I will appoint judgment for a line, and righteousness for a plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.
- Jeremiah 23:19Behold, a tempest of Jehovah, fury is gone forth, yea, a whirling storm: it shall whirl down upon the head of the wicked.
- Ezekiel 13:13Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will cause to burst forth a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing rain in mine anger, and hail-stones in fury for utter destruction.
- Matthew 7:27and the rain came down, and the streams came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.
- Matthew 12:20a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he bring forth judgment unto victory;
- Job 1:14And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them;
- Job 2:7And Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah; and he smote Job with a grievous botch from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
- Job 2:3And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil? and still he remaineth firm in his integrity, though thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause.
- Job 16:17Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
- Job 34:6Should I lie against my right? My wound is incurable without transgression.
- Psalms 25:3Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed: they shall be ashamed that deal treacherously without cause.
- John 9:3Jesus answered, Neither has this [man] sinned nor his parents, but that the works of God should be manifested in him.
Commentaries on Job 9:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17He breaketh me with a tempest - The Targum, Syriac, and Arabic have this sense: He powerfully smites even every hair of my head and multiplies my wounds without cause. That is, There is no reason known to myself, or to any man, why I should be thus most oppressively afflicted. It is, therefore, cruel, and inconsequent to assert that I suffer for my crimes.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17For he breaketh me - He is overwhelming me with a tempest; that is, with the storms of wrath. He shows me no mercy. The idea seems to be, that God acted toward him not as a judge determining matters by rule of law, but as a sovereign - determining them by his own will. If it were a matter of law; if he could come before him as a judge, and maintain his cause there; if the case could be fairly adjudicated whether he deserved the calamities that came upon…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. 17with a tempest: The words translated as “with a tempest” (bis’arah) might also mean besa‘arah (“for a hair,” meaning “for the smallest thing”). This would parallel "without cause."Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1716-17. would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice--who breaketh me (as a tree stripped of its leaves) with a tempest.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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