New American Standard Bible 1995
Job 9:2-12
2“In truthH551 I knowH3045 that this is soH3651; But howH4100 can a 1manH582 be in the rightH6663 2beforeH5973 GodH410?3IfH518 one wishedH2654 to 3disputeH7378 with Him, He could not answerH6030 Him onceH259 in a thousandH505 times.44WiseH2450 in heartH3824 and 5mightyH533 in strengthH3581, WhoH4310 has 67defiedH7185H413 Him 8withoutH7999 harmH7999?59It is God who removesH6275 the mountainsH2022, they knowH3045 not how, WhenH834 He overturnsH2015 them in His angerH639;6Who 10shakesH7264 the earthH776 out of its placeH4725, And its 11pillarsH5982 trembleH6426;7Who commandsH559 the 12sunH2775 13not to shineH2224, And setsH2856 a sealH2856 upon the starsH3556;8Who aloneH905 14stretchesH5186 out the heavensH8064 And 1516tramplesH1869 downH1869 the wavesH1116 of the seaH3220;9Who makesH6213 the 17BearH5906, OrionH3685 and the PleiadesH3598, And the 18chambersH2315 of the southH8486;10Who 19doesH6213 greatH1419 thingsH1419, 20unfathomableH2714H369H5704, And wondrousH6381 worksH6381 withoutH5704H369 numberH4557.11Were He to passH5674 by me, 21I would not seeH7200 Him; Were He to moveH2498 pastH2498 me, I would not perceiveH995 Him.12Were He to snatchH2862 awayH2862, whoH4310 could 22restrainH7725 Him? WhoH4310 could sayH559 to Him, ‘23WhatH4100 are You doingH6213?’
Notes
- 1. Job 9:2 Job 4:17; 25:4 ↩
- 2. Job 9:2 Lit with ↩
- 3. Job 9:3 Job 10:2; 13:19; 23:6; 40:2 ↩
- 4. Job 9:4 Job 11:6; 12:13; 28:23; 38:36, 37 ↩
- 5. Job 9:4 Job 9:19; 23:6 ↩
- 6. Job 9:4 Lit stiffened his neck against ↩
- 7. Job 9:4 2 Chr 13:12; Prov 29:1 ↩
- 8. Job 9:4 Lit and remained safe ↩
- 9. Job 9:5 Job 9:5-10; 26:6-14; 41:11 ↩
- 10. Job 9:6 Is 2:19, 21; 13:13; Hag 2:6 ↩
- 11. Job 9:6 Ps 75:3 ↩
- 12. Job 9:7 Is 13:10; Ezek 32:7, 8 ↩
- 13. Job 9:7 Lit and it does not shine ↩
- 14. Job 9:8 Gen 1:1; Job 37:18; Ps 104:2; Is 40:22 ↩
- 15. Job 9:8 Lit treads upon the heights of ↩
- 16. Job 9:8 Job 38:16; Ps 77:19 ↩
- 17. Job 9:9 Job 38:31, 32; Amos 5:8 ↩
- 18. Job 9:9 Job 37:9 ↩
- 19. Job 9:10 Job 5:9 ↩
- 20. Job 9:10 Lit until there is no searching out ↩
- 21. Job 9:11 Job 23:8, 9; 35:14 ↩
- 22. Job 9:12 Job 10:7; 11:10 ↩
- 23. Job 9:12 Is 45:9 ↩
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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