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Job 9:13
13If God is angry, he will not stop. He destroys Rahab and the other monsters of the sea.
Job 9:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
- New International Version (NIV)God does not restrain his anger; even the cohorts of Rahab cowered at his feet.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"God will not turn back his anger; beneath him bowed the helpers of Rahab.
- New King James Version (NKJV)God will not withdraw His anger, The allies of the proud lie prostrate beneath Him.
Context of Job 9:13
11When God passes in front of me, I do not see him. If he moves further away, I do not see where he has gone. 12If God decides to take something, nobody can stop him. Nobody can ask him, “What are you doing?” If God is angry, he will not stop. He destroys Rahab and the other monsters of the sea. 14So I can never give an answer to God. There are no words that I can use to argue with him. 15Even if I am completely right, I cannot answer him. He is my judge. I can only ask him to be kind to me.
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אֱ֭לוֹהַּ לֹא־יָשִׁ֣יב אַפּ֑וֹ תַּחְתָּ֥יו שָׁ֝חֲח֗וּ עֹ֣זְרֵי רָֽהַב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 9:13
- Job 26:12He used his power to control the sea. He used his wisdom to destroy Rahab, the great sea monster.
- Job 40:9Do you have the same power to do great things as I have? Can you speak with a voice as loud as thunder? I can!
- Isaiah 30:7Help from Egypt is useless! So I call Egypt ‘Rahab who does nothing.’
- Isaiah 31:2But the Lord is very wise. He will bring trouble to people, as he has promised. He will not change his mind. He will punish wicked people, as well as those who help them to do evil things.
- James 4:6But God will be very kind to us and he will help us. That is why the Bible says, ‘God is against those people who think that they are important. But he is kind to people who do not feel important.’
Commentaries on Job 9:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13If God will not withdraw his anger - It is of no use to contend with God; he cannot be successfully resisted; all his opposers must perish.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13If God will not withdraw his anger - That is, if he perseveres in inflicting punishment. He will not turn aside his displeasure by any opposition or resistance made to him. The proud helpers - Margin, Helpers of pride, or, strength. Jerome renders this, “under whom they who bear up the world bow down.” The Septuagint, not less singularly, “by him the whales (or monsters - ́ ketos ) which are under heaven, are bowed down.” Codurcus renders it, “aids of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13the helpers of Rahab: Job described the power of demons as mythical sea monsters that represented chaos. This kind of imagery appears in other parts of the Bible as well (26:12; Psalm 89:11; Isaiah 51:9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. If God--rather, "God will not withdraw His anger," that is, so long as a mortal obstinately resists [Umbreit]. the proud helpers--The arrogant, who would help one contending with the Almighty, are of no avail against Him.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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