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Job 9:13-35

13“GodH433 will not turnH7725 backH7725 His angerH639; BeneathH8478 Him the helpersH5826 of 12RahabH7293 cowerH7817.14HowH637 thenH637H3588 can 3I 4answerH6030 Him, And chooseH977 my wordsH1697 5beforeH5973 Him?15For 6thoughH518 I wereH6663 rightH6663, I could not 7answerH6030; I would have to 8imploreH2603 the mercyH2603 of my JudgeH8199.16IfH518 I calledH7121 and He answeredH6030 me, I could not believeH539 that He was listeningH238 to my voiceH6963.17For He 9bruisesH7779 me with a stormH8183 And multipliesH7235 my woundsH6482 withoutH2600 causeH2600.18He will 10not allowH5414 me to getH7725 my breathH7307, But He saturatesH7646 me with 11bitternessH4472.19IfH518 it is a matter of powerH3581, 12beholdH2009, He is the strongH533 oneH533! And ifH518 it is a matter of justiceH4941, whoH4310 can summonH3259 13Him?2014ThoughH518 I amH6663 righteousH6663, my mouthH6310 will 15condemnH7561 me; Though I am guiltlessH8535, He will declareH6140 me guiltyH6140.21I am 16guiltlessH8535; I do not takeH3045 noticeH3045 of myselfH5315; I 17rejectH3988 my lifeH2425.22It is all oneH259; thereforeH5921H3651 I sayH559, ‘He 18destroysH3615 the guiltlessH8535 and the wickedH7563.’23IfH518 the whipH7752 killsH4191 suddenlyH6597, He 19mocksH3932 the despairH4531 of the innocentH5355.24The earthH776 20is handedH5414H3027 overH5414 to the wickedH7563; He 21coversH3680 the facesH6440 of its judgesH8199. IfH518 it is not He, thenH645 whoH4310 is it?

25“Now 22my daysH3117 areH7043 swifterH7043 thanH4480 a runnerH7323; They fleeH1272 awayH1272, 23they seeH7200 noH3808 goodH2899.26They slipH2498 byH2498 likeH5973 24reedH16 boatsH591, Like an 25eagleH5404 that swoopsH2907 on 26its preyH400.27ThoughH518 I sayH559, ‘I will forgetH7911 27my complaintH7879, I will 28putH5800 my faceH6440 inH5800 orderH5800 and beH1082 cheerfulH1082,’28I am 29afraidH3025 of allH3605 my painsH6094, I knowH3045 that 30You will not acquitH5352 me.29I amH7561 31guiltyH7561, WhyH4100 thenH2088 should I struggleH3021 in vainH1892?30IfH518 I 32washedH7364 myself with snowH7950, And cleansedH2141 33my handsH3709 with lyeH1253,31ThenH227 You would plungeH2881 me into the pitH7845, And my own clothesH8008 would loatheH8581 me.32For 34He is not a manH376, as I am, that 35I may answerH6030 Him-- That we may goH935 to 36courtH4941 togetherH3164!33ThereH3426 isH3426 noH3808 37arbitratorH3198 betweenH996 us, Who can placeH7896 his handH3027 upon us bothH8147.34Let Him 38removeH5493 His rodH7626 from me, And let not the dreadH367 of Him terrifyH1204 me.35Then I 39would speakH1696 and not fearH3372 Him; But I am not likeH3651 that in myself.

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Notes

  1. 1. Job 9:13 I.e., a sea monster, not to be confused with Rahab in Joshua 2 ↩
  2. 2. Job 9:13 Job 26:12; Ps 89:10; Is 30:7; 51:9 ↩
  3. 3. Job 9:14 Job 9:3, 32 ↩
  4. 4. Job 9:14 Or plead my case ↩
  5. 5. Job 9:14 Lit with ↩
  6. 6. Job 9:15 Job 9:20, 21; 10:15 ↩
  7. 7. Job 9:15 Or plead my case ↩
  8. 8. Job 9:15 Job 8:5 ↩
  9. 9. Job 9:17 Job 16:12, 14; 30:22 ↩
  10. 10. Job 9:18 Job 7:19; 10:20 ↩
  11. 11. Job 9:18 Job 13:26; 27:2 ↩
  12. 12. Job 9:19 Job 9:4 ↩
  13. 13. Job 9:19 As in LXX; Heb me ↩
  14. 14. Job 9:20 Job 9:15 ↩
  15. 15. Job 9:20 Job 9:29; 15:6 ↩
  16. 16. Job 9:21 Job 1:1; 12:4; 13:18 ↩
  17. 17. Job 9:21 Job 7:16 ↩
  18. 18. Job 9:22 Job 10:7, 8 ↩
  19. 19. Job 9:23 Job 24:12 ↩
  20. 20. Job 9:24 Job 10:3; 12:6; 16:11 ↩
  21. 21. Job 9:24 Job 12:17 ↩
  22. 22. Job 9:25 Job 7:6 ↩
  23. 23. Job 9:25 Job 7:7 ↩
  24. 24. Job 9:26 Is 18:2 ↩
  25. 25. Job 9:26 Job 39:29; Hab 1:8 ↩
  26. 26. Job 9:26 Lit food ↩
  27. 27. Job 9:27 Job 7:11 ↩
  28. 28. Job 9:27 I.e., improve the look ↩
  29. 29. Job 9:28 Job 3:25 ↩
  30. 30. Job 9:28 Job 7:21; 10:14 ↩
  31. 31. Job 9:29 Job 10:2; Ps 37:33 ↩
  32. 32. Job 9:30 Jer 2:22 ↩
  33. 33. Job 9:30 Job 31:7 ↩
  34. 34. Job 9:32 Eccl 6:10 ↩
  35. 35. Job 9:32 Job 9:3; Rom 9:20 ↩
  36. 36. Job 9:32 Lit judgment ↩
  37. 37. Job 9:33 1 Sam 2:25; Job 9:19; Is 1:18 ↩
  38. 38. Job 9:34 Job 13:21 ↩
  39. 39. Job 9:35 Job 13:22 ↩

Commentaries on Job 9

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