New International Version
Job 33:9
9‘I am pure, I have done no wrong; I am clean and free from sin.
Job 33:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You say, 'I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, and there is no iniquity in me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You said, ‘I am pure; I am without sin; I am innocent; I have no guilt.
Context of Job 33:9
7No fear of me should alarm you, nor should my hand be heavy on you. 8“But you have said in my hearing— I heard the very words— ‘I am pure, I have done no wrong; I am clean and free from sin. 10Yet God has found fault with me; he considers me his enemy. 11He fastens my feet in shackles; he keeps close watch on all my paths.’
Read all of Job 33Job 33:9 word by word
זַ֥ךְ אֲנִ֗י בְּֽלִ֫י פָ֥שַׁע חַ֥ף אָנֹכִ֑י וְלֹ֖א עָוֹ֣ן לִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 33:9
- Job 9:17He would crush me with a storm and multiply my wounds for no reason.
- Job 10:7though you know that I am not guilty and that no one can rescue me from your hand?
- Job 11:4You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless and I am pure in your sight.’
- Job 16:17yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.
- Job 23:11My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside.
- Job 27:5I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity.
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.
- Job 9:23When a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks the despair of the innocent.
- Job 17:8The upright are appalled at this; the innocent are aroused against the ungodly.
- Jeremiah 2:35you say, ‘I am innocent; he is not angry with me.’ But I will pass judgment on you because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
Commentaries on Job 33:9
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9I am clean - I am pure and holy. Without transgression - Job had not used these very expressions, nor had he intended to maintain that he was absolutely free from sin; see Job 9:20. He had maintained that he was not chargeable with the transgressions of which his three friends maintained that he was guilty, and in doing that he had used strong language, and language which even seemed to imply that he was without transgression; see Job 9:30; Job 10:7; Job…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 Elihu charges Job with reflecting upon the justice and goodness of God. When we hear any thing said to God's dishonour, we ought to bear our testimony against it. Job had represented God as severe in marking what he did amiss. Elihu urges that he had spoken wrong, and that he ought to humble himself before God, and by repentance to unsay it. God is not accountable to us. It is unreasonable for weak, sinful creatures, to strive with a God of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Job claimed to be pure and without sin, using various terms (9:21; 10:6–7; 11:4; 13:23–24; 15:14–16; 16:17; 31:1–40).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. clean--spotless.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 33
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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