Job 9:15

Job 9:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
• New International Version (NIV)Though I were innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Though I am in the right, I cannot answer him; I must appeal for mercy to my accuser.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I would beg mercy of my Judge.

Context of Job 9:15

13God does not restrain his anger; under him the helpers of Rahab lie crushed. 14“How much less, then, can I answer him and choose my words to argue with him! Although I am innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my judge for mercy. 16If I summoned him, and he answered me, I would not believe that he would be listening to my voice – 17he who crushes me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds for no reason.

Job 9:15 word by word

אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִם־צָ֭דַקְתִּי לֹ֣א אֶעֱנֶ֑ה לִ֝מְשֹׁפְטִ֗י אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whom, though I were righteousצָדֵקtsâdaq · to justifyH6663
• would I not answerעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• I would make supplicationחָנַןchânan · be graciousH2603
• to my judgeשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199

Cross-references for Job 9:15

• Job 10:15If I am guilty, woe to me, and if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head; I am full of shame, and satiated with my affliction.
• 1 Corinthians 4:4For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord.
• Job 5:8“But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case.
• Job 8:5But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,
• Job 10:2I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; tell me why you are contending with me.’
• Job 22:27You will pray to him and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows to him.
• Job 34:31“Has anyone said to God, ‘I have endured chastisement, but I will not act wrongly any more.
• 1 Kings 8:38When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, as they acknowledge their pain and spread out their hands toward this temple,
• 2 Chronicles 33:13When he prayed to the Lord, the Lord responded to him and answered favorably his cry for mercy. The Lord brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the Lord is the true God.
• Jeremiah 31:9They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel’s father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.’”
• Daniel 9:3So I turned my attention to the Lord God to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
• Job 23:7There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.
• 1 Peter 2:23When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.

Commentaries on Job 9:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Though I were righteous - Though clear of all the crimes, public and secret, of which you accuse me, yet I would not dare to stand before his immaculate holiness. Man's holiness may profit man, but in the sight of the infinite purity of God it is nothing. Thus sung an eminent poet: - "I loathe myself when God I see, And into nothing fall; Content that thou exalted be, And Christ be all in all." I would make supplication to my Judge - Though not conscious…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Whom, though I were righteous - That is, if I felt the utmost confidence that I was righteous, yet, if God judged otherwise, and regarded me as a sinner, I would not reply to him, but would make supplication to him as a sinner. I would have so much confidence in him, and would feel that he was so much better qualified than I am to judge, and that I am so liable to be deceived, that I would come to him as a sinner, if he judged and declared me to be one…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-21Verses 14-21 Job is still righteous in his own eyes, ch. 32:1, and this answer, though it sets forth the power and majesty of God, implies that the question between the afflicted and the Lord of providence, is a question of might, and not of right; and we begin to discover the evil fruits of pride and of a self-righteous spirit. Job begins to manifest a disposition to condemn God, that he may justify himself, for which he is afterwards reproved. Still Job…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-35Job answered Bildad by describing God's universal and legal power. His speech resembles a complex legal case. It includes: A summons and response (9:3, 14–16, 19b, 32). The risk of proving himself guilty (9:20). A "mediator" (9:33–34). A question of accusation (9:12). A legal sentence (9:22). A declaration of guilt (9:28–30).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. (Job 10:15). Though I were conscious of no sin, yet I would not dare to say so, but leave it to His judgment and mercy to justify me (1Co 4:4).Read the comment

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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