Job 9:28

Job 9:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I become afraid of all my suffering, for I know you will not hold me innocent.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I am afraid of all my sufferings; I know that You will not hold me innocent.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I would still dread all the pain, for I know you will not find me innocent, O God.

Context of Job 9:28

26They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey. 27If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression, and smile,’ I still dread all my sufferings, for I know you will not hold me innocent. 29Since I am already found guilty, why should I struggle in vain? 30Even if I washed myself with soap and my hands with cleansing powder,

Job 9:28 word by word

יָגֹ֥רְתִּי כָל־עַצְּבֹתָ֑י יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּי־לֹ֥א תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I am afraidיָגֹרyâgôr · to fearH3025
• of all my sorrowsעַצֶּ֫בֶת‛atstsebeth · injuryH6094
• I knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• that thou wilt not hold me innocentנָקָהnâqâh · to clearH5352

Cross-references for Job 9:28

• Job 21:6When I think about this, I am terrified; trembling seizes my body.
• Psalms 88:15From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.
• Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles in fear of you; I stand in awe of your laws.
• Job 9:2“Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?
• Job 14:16Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin.
• Exodus 20:7“You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
• Psalms 130:3If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?

Commentaries on Job 9:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28I am afraid of all my sorrows - Coverdale translates, after the Vulgate, Then am I afrayed of all my workes. Even were I to cease from complaining, I fear lest not one of my works, however well intentioned, would stand thy scrutiny, or meet with thy approbation. Thou wilt not hold me innocent - Coverdale, after the Vulgate, For I knowe thou favourest not an evil doer; but this is not the sense of the original: Thou wilt not acquit me so as to take away my…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28I am afraid of all my sorrows - My fears return. I dread the continuance of my griefs, and cannot close my eye to them. Thou wilt not hold me innocent - God will not remove my sorrows so as to furnish the evidence that I am innocent. My sufferings continue, and with them continue all the evidence on which my friends rely that I am a guilty man. In such a state of things, how can I be otherwise than sad? He was held to be guilty; he was suffering in such a…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. 28The word "You" shows this is a prayer, even though, "O God," is not plainly stated in Hebrew.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. The apodosis to Job 9:27--"If I say, &c." "I still am afraid of all my sorrows (returning), for I know that thou wilt (dost) (by removing my sufferings) not hold or declare me innocent. How then can I leave off my heaviness?"Read the comment

Topics related to Job 9:28

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In the dictionaries

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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