New American Standard Bible 2020
Job 9:16-35
16IfH518 I calledH7121 and He answeredH6030 me, I could not believeH539 that He was listeningH238 to my voiceH6963.17For He 1bruisesH7779 me with a stormH8183 And multipliesH7235 my woundsH6482 withoutH2600 causeH2600.18He will 2not allowH5414 me to getH7725 my breathH7307, But He saturatesH7646 me with 3bitternessH4472.19IfH518 it is a matter of powerH3581, 4beholdH2009, He is the strongH533 oneH533! And ifH518 it is a matter of justiceH4941, whoH4310 can summonH3259 5Him?206ThoughH518 I amH6663 righteousH6663, my mouthH6310 will 7condemnH7561 me; Though I am guiltlessH8535, He will declareH6140 me guiltyH6140.21I am 8guiltlessH8535; I do not takeH3045 noticeH3045 of myselfH5315; I 9rejectH3988 my lifeH2425.22It is all oneH259; thereforeH5921H3651 I sayH559, ‘He 10destroysH3615 the guiltlessH8535 and the wickedH7563.’23IfH518 the whipH7752 killsH4191 suddenlyH6597, He 11mocksH3932 the despairH4531 of the innocentH5355.24The earthH776 12is handedH5414H3027 overH5414 to the wickedH7563; He 13coversH3680 the facesH6440 of its judgesH8199. IfH518 it is not He, thenH645 whoH4310 is it?
25“Now 14my daysH3117 areH7043 swifterH7043 thanH4480 a runnerH7323; They fleeH1272 awayH1272, 15they seeH7200 noH3808 goodH2899.26They slipH2498 byH2498 likeH5973 16reedH16 boatsH591, Like an 17eagleH5404 that swoopsH2907 on 18its preyH400.27ThoughH518 I sayH559, ‘I will forgetH7911 19my complaintH7879, I will 20putH5800 my faceH6440 inH5800 orderH5800 and beH1082 cheerfulH1082,’28I am 21afraidH3025 of allH3605 my painsH6094, I knowH3045 that 22You will not acquitH5352 me.29I amH7561 23guiltyH7561, WhyH4100 thenH2088 should I struggleH3021 in vainH1892?30IfH518 I 24washedH7364 myself with snowH7950, And cleansedH2141 25my handsH3709 with lyeH1253,31ThenH227 You would plungeH2881 me into the pitH7845, And my own clothesH8008 would loatheH8581 me.32For 26He is not a manH376, as I am, that 27I may answerH6030 Him-- That we may goH935 to 28courtH4941 togetherH3164!33ThereH3426 isH3426 noH3808 29arbitratorH3198 betweenH996 us, Who can placeH7896 his handH3027 upon us bothH8147.34Let Him 30removeH5493 His rodH7626 from me, And let not the dreadH367 of Him terrifyH1204 me.35Then I 31would speakH1696 and not fearH3372 Him; But I am not likeH3651 that in myself.
Notes
- 1. Job 9:17 Job 16:12, 14; 30:22 ↩
- 2. Job 9:18 Job 7:19; 10:20 ↩
- 3. Job 9:18 Job 13:26; 27:2 ↩
- 4. Job 9:19 Job 9:4 ↩
- 5. Job 9:19 As in LXX; Heb me ↩
- 6. Job 9:20 Job 9:15 ↩
- 7. Job 9:20 Job 9:29; 15:6 ↩
- 8. Job 9:21 Job 1:1; 12:4; 13:18 ↩
- 9. Job 9:21 Job 7:16 ↩
- 10. Job 9:22 Job 10:7, 8 ↩
- 11. Job 9:23 Job 24:12 ↩
- 12. Job 9:24 Job 10:3; 12:6; 16:11 ↩
- 13. Job 9:24 Job 12:17 ↩
- 14. Job 9:25 Job 7:6 ↩
- 15. Job 9:25 Job 7:7 ↩
- 16. Job 9:26 Is 18:2 ↩
- 17. Job 9:26 Job 39:29; Hab 1:8 ↩
- 18. Job 9:26 Lit food ↩
- 19. Job 9:27 Job 7:11 ↩
- 20. Job 9:27 I.e., improve the look ↩
- 21. Job 9:28 Job 3:25 ↩
- 22. Job 9:28 Job 7:21; 10:14 ↩
- 23. Job 9:29 Job 10:2; Ps 37:33 ↩
- 24. Job 9:30 Jer 2:22 ↩
- 25. Job 9:30 Job 31:7 ↩
- 26. Job 9:32 Eccl 6:10 ↩
- 27. Job 9:32 Job 9:3; Rom 9:20 ↩
- 28. Job 9:32 Lit judgment ↩
- 29. Job 9:33 1 Sam 2:25; Job 9:19; Is 1:18 ↩
- 30. Job 9:34 Job 13:21 ↩
- 31. Job 9:35 Job 13:22 ↩
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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