God’s Word Translation
Job 33:9
9⌞You said,⌟ ‘I’m pure—without any rebellious acts ⌞against God⌟. I’m clean; I have no sin.
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
7You certainly don’t need to be terrified of me. I won’t put too much pressure on you. 8“But you spoke directly to me, and I listened to your words. ⌞You said,⌟ ‘I’m pure—without any rebellious acts ⌞against God⌟. I’m clean; I have no sin. 10God is only looking for an excuse to attack me. He considers me his enemy. 11He puts my feet in the stocks and watches all my paths.’
Read all of Job 33Job 33:9 word by word
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 knock me down with a storm and bruise me without a reason.
- Job 10:7You know I’m not guilty, but there is no one to rescue me from your hands.
- Job 11:4You say, ‘My teaching is morally correct,’ and, ‘As you can see, I’m innocent.’
- Job 16:17although my hands have done nothing violent, and my prayer is sincere.
- Job 23:11I have followed his footsteps closely. I have stayed on his path and did not turn from it.
- Job 27:5It’s unthinkable for me to admit that you are right. Until I breathe my last breath, I will never give up my claim of integrity.
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it was my clothing. I practiced justice, and it was my robe and my turban.
- Job 9:23When a sudden disaster brings death, he makes fun of the despair of innocent people.
- Job 17:8Decent people are shocked by this, and it stirs up the innocent against godless people.
- Jeremiah 2:35In spite of all this you say, ‘I’m innocent. God will turn his anger from me, because I haven’t sinned.’
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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