New English Translation
Job 9:34
34who would take his rod away from me so that his terror would not make me afraid.
Job 9:34 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
- New International Version (NIV)someone to remove God’s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let him take his rod away from me, and let not dread of him terrify me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let Him take His rod away from me, And do not let dread of Him terrify me.
Context of Job 9:34
32For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment. 33Nor is there an arbiter between us, who might lay his hand on us both, who would take his rod away from me so that his terror would not make me afraid. 35Then would I speak and not fear him, but it is not so with me.
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יָסֵ֣ר מֵעָלַ֣י שִׁבְט֑וֹ וְ֝אֵמָת֗וֹ אַֽל־תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 9:34
- Job 13:11Would not his splendor terrify you and the fear he inspires fall on you?
- Job 23:15That is why I am terrified in his presence; when I consider, I am afraid because of him.
- Job 31:23For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless.
- Job 33:7Therefore no fear of me should terrify you, nor should my pressure be heavy on you.
- Job 37:1At this also my heart pounds and leaps from its place.
- Psalms 39:10Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!
- Psalms 90:11Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger? Your raging fury causes people to fear you.
- Job 29:2“O that I could be as I was in the months now gone, in the days when God watched over me,
Commentaries on Job 9:34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34Let him take his rod away - In the Masoretic Bibles, the word שבטו shibto, his rod, is written with a large ט teth, as above; and as the letter in numerals stands for 9, the Masora says the word was thus written to show the nine calamities under which Job had suffered, and which he wished God to remove. As שבט shebet signifies, not only rod, but also scepter or the ensign of royalty, Job might here refer to God sitting in his majesty upon the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34Let him take his rod away from me - Let him suspend my sufferings, and let us come together on equal terms. His terror now is upon me, and I can do nothing. I am oppressed, and broken down, and crushed under his hand, and I could not hope to maintain my cause with any degree of success. If my sufferings were lightened, and I could approach the question with the rigor of health and the power of reasoning unweakened by calamity, I could then do justice to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-35Verses 25-35 What little need have we of pastimes, and what great need to redeem time, when it runs on so fast towards eternity! How vain the enjoyments of time, which we may quite lose while yet time continues! The remembrance of having done our duty will be pleasing afterwards; so will not the remembrance of having got worldly wealth, when it is all lost and gone. Job's complaint of God, as one that could not be appeased and would not relent, was the…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. 3434. rod--not here the symbol of punishment, but of power. Job cannot meet God on fair terms so long as God deals with him on the footing of His almighty power.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
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