New American Standard Bible 1995
Job 33:9
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
7Behold, no fear of me should terrify you, Nor should my pressure weigh heavily on you. 8“Surely you have spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the sound of your words: ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent and there is no guilt in me. 10Behold, He invents pretexts against me; He counts me as His enemy. 11He puts my feet in the stocks; He 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
Cross-references for Job 33:9
- Job 9:17For He bruises me with a tempest And multiplies my wounds without cause.
- Job 10:7According to Your knowledge I am indeed not guilty, Yet there is no deliverance from Your hand.
- Job 11:4For you have said, ‘My teaching is pure, And I am innocent in your eyes.’
- Job 16:17Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
- Job 23:11My foot has held fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside.
- Job 27:5Far be it from me that I should declare you right; Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban.
- Job 9:23If the scourge kills suddenly, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
- Job 17:8The upright will be appalled at this, And the innocent will stir up himself against the godless.
- Jeremiah 2:35Yet you said, ‘I am innocent; Surely His anger is turned away from me.’ Behold, I will enter into judgment with you Because you say, ‘I have not 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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