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Job 9:34
34Nobody can stop God from punishing me. If that were possible, I would not be afraid any more.
Job 9:34 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
- New International Version (NIV)someone to remove God’s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let him take his rod away from me, and let not dread of him terrify me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let Him take His rod away from me, And do not let dread of Him terrify me.
Context of Job 9:34
32God is not a human, as I am. So I cannot answer him. We cannot argue with each other in court. 33There is nobody who can decide which of us is right. Nobody has authority to judge both of us. Nobody can stop God from punishing me. If that were possible, I would not be afraid any more. 35I would speak to God and I would not be afraid. But now I cannot do that.
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יָסֵ֣ר מֵעָלַ֣י שִׁבְט֑וֹ וְ֝אֵמָת֗וֹ אַֽל־תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 9:34
- Job 13:11His great power will frighten you. You will be very afraid of him.
- Job 23:15Because of that, I am afraid of him. When I think about all these things, I am very afraid.
- Job 31:23I was afraid of the trouble that God might bring to me. So I could not do these bad things, because God is so great and powerful.
- Job 33:7So you should not be afraid of me. I will not do anything to hurt you.
- Job 37:1‘When I hear the noise of a storm like that, I shake with fear.
- Psalms 39:10Please do not hurt me any more! You have already punished me enough, so that I am almost dead!
- Psalms 90:11Lord, nobody knows all the power of your anger. It is your anger that causes people to be afraid of you.
- Job 29:2‘I would like my life to be as it was before, many months ago. At that time, God took care of me.
Commentaries on Job 9:34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34Let him take his rod away - In the Masoretic Bibles, the word שבטו shibto, his rod, is written with a large ט teth, as above; and as the letter in numerals stands for 9, the Masora says the word was thus written to show the nine calamities under which Job had suffered, and which he wished God to remove. As שבט shebet signifies, not only rod, but also scepter or the ensign of royalty, Job might here refer to God sitting in his majesty upon the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34Let him take his rod away from me - Let him suspend my sufferings, and let us come together on equal terms. His terror now is upon me, and I can do nothing. I am oppressed, and broken down, and crushed under his hand, and I could not hope to maintain my cause with any degree of success. If my sufferings were lightened, and I could approach the question with the rigor of health and the power of reasoning unweakened by calamity, I could then do justice to…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. 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. 3434. rod--not here the symbol of punishment, but of power. Job cannot meet God on fair terms so long as God deals with him on the footing of His almighty power.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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