Job 9:33

Job 9:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
• New International Version (NIV)If only there were someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together,
• English Standard Version (ESV)There is no arbiter between us, who might lay his hand on us both.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Nor is there any mediator between us, Who may lay his hand on us both.

Context of Job 9:33

31Then wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would abhor me. 32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment. There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both. 34Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid, 35[Then] I will speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

Job 9:33 word by word

לֹ֣א יֵשׁ־בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ מוֹכִ֑יחַ יָשֵׁ֖ת יָד֣וֹ עַל־שְׁנֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

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Cross-references for Job 9:33

• Job 9:19Be it a question of strength, lo, [he is] strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a time?
• 1 Samuel 2:25If one man sin against another, God will judge him; but if a man sin against Jehovah, who shall intreat for him? But they hearkened not to the voice of their father, for Jehovah was minded to slay them.
• Psalms 106:23And he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses, his chosen, stood before him in the breach, to turn away his fury, lest he should destroy [them].
• 1 John 2:1My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if any one sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ [the] righteous;
• 1 Kings 3:16Then came two women, harlots, to the king, and stood before him.

Commentaries on Job 9:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33Neither is there any day's-man - מוכיח בינינו beyneynu mochiach, a reprover, arguer, or umpire between us. Day's - Man, in our law, means an arbitrator, or umpire between party and party; as it were bestowing a day, or certain time on a certain day, to decree, judge, or decide a matter - Minshieu. Day is used in law for the day of appearance in court, either originally or upon assignation, for hearing a matter for trial - Idem. But arbitrator is the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33Neither is there any daysman - Margin, One that should argue, or, umpire. The word daysman in English means ” “an umpire or arbiter, a mediator.” Webster. Why such a man is called a daysman I do not know. The Hebrew word rendered “daysman” מוכיח môkı̂yach is from יכח yâkach not used in the Qal, to be before, in front of; and then to appear, to be clear, or manifest; and in the Hiphil, to cause to be manifest, to argue, prove, convince; and then to argue…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. 32-33A mediator does not judge God and man. Instead, the mediator helps bring them together (see 16:19–21).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3333. daysman--"mediator," or "umpire"; the imposition of whose hand expresses power to adjudicate between the persons. There might be one on a level with Job, the one party; but Job knew of none on a level with the Almighty, the other party (1Sa 2:25). We Christians know of such a Mediator (not, however, in the sense of umpire) on a level with both--the God-man, Christ Jesus (1Ti 2:5).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 9:33

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Daysman
• God
• Intercession
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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