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Job 33:9
9“I am not guilty. I have not done anything that is wrong. I am pure and clean.
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
7So you should not be afraid of me. I will not do anything to hurt you. 8I have heard the things that you have said, Job. This is what I heard you say: “I am not guilty. I have not done anything that is wrong. I am pure and clean. 10But God has decided to punish me! He attacks me as if I am his enemy. 11He has tied my feet with chains. He always watches me to see where I go.”
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זַ֥ךְ אֲנִ֗י בְּֽלִ֫י פָ֥שַׁע חַ֥ף אָנֹכִ֑י וְלֹ֖א עָוֹ֣ן לִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 33:9
- Job 9:17He would attack me with a strong storm. He would hurt me even more, for no reason.
- Job 10:7You know that I am not guilty. But you also know that no one can save me from your power.
- Job 11:4You have said, “The things that I teach are true. God knows that I am a good man.”
- Job 16:17But I have not been cruel. And when I pray, I speak honestly to God.
- Job 23:11I have always lived in the way that God showed me. I have obeyed him faithfully. I have not turned away from his teaching.
- Job 27:5I will never agree that you, my three friends, are right. Until the day of my death, I will continue to say what I know is right.
- Job 29:14I always did what was right, like good clothes that I wore. I was fair and honest, like my coat and my hat.
- Job 9:23When disease comes, people may die suddenly. God laughs at good people who suffer like that.
- Job 17:8Good people are upset, when they see what is happening to me. They are angry with those who turn away from you.
- Jeremiah 2:35“We have not done anything that is wrong. God cannot be angry with us!” Be careful! I will surely punish you, because you say, “I am not guilty of any sin.”
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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