Job 9:33

Job 9:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
• English Standard Version (ESV)There is no arbiter between us, who might lay his hand on us both.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Nor is there any mediator between us, Who may lay his hand on us both.
• New Living Translation (NLT)If only there were a mediator between us, someone who could bring us together.

Context of Job 9:33

31you would plunge me into a slime pit so that even my clothes would detest me. 32“He is not a mere mortal like me that I might answer him, that we might confront each other in court. If only there were someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together, 34someone to remove God’s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more. 35Then I would speak up without fear of him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot.

Job 9:33 word by word

לֹ֣א יֵשׁ־בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ מוֹכִ֑יחַ יָשֵׁ֖ת יָד֣וֹ עַל־שְׁנֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Neither isיֵשׁyêsh · thereH3426
• there any daysmanיָכַחyâkach · to rebukeH3198
• might layשִׁיתshîyth · to set: putH7896
• his handיָדyâd · handH3027
• upon us bothשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147

Cross-references for Job 9:33

• Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him?
• 1 Samuel 2:25If one person sins against another, God may mediate for the offender; but if anyone sins against the Lord, who will intercede for them?” His sons, however, did not listen to their father’s rebuke, for it was the Lord’s will to put them to death.
• Psalms 106:23So he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him to keep his wrath from destroying them.
• 1 John 2:1My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
• 1 Kings 3:16Now two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

Commentaries on Job 9:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33Neither is there any day's-man - מוכיח בינינו beyneynu mochiach, a reprover, arguer, or umpire between us. Day's - Man, in our law, means an arbitrator, or umpire between party and party; as it were bestowing a day, or certain time on a certain day, to decree, judge, or decide a matter - Minshieu. Day is used in law for the day of appearance in court, either originally or upon assignation, for hearing a matter for trial - Idem. But arbitrator is the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33Neither is there any daysman - Margin, One that should argue, or, umpire. The word daysman in English means ” “an umpire or arbiter, a mediator.” Webster. Why such a man is called a daysman I do not know. The Hebrew word rendered “daysman” מוכיח môkı̂yach is from יכח yâkach not used in the Qal, to be before, in front of; and then to appear, to be clear, or manifest; and in the Hiphil, to cause to be manifest, to argue, prove, convince; and then to argue…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. 32-33A mediator does not judge God and man. Instead, the mediator helps bring them together (see 16:19–21).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3333. daysman--"mediator," or "umpire"; the imposition of whose hand expresses power to adjudicate between the persons. There might be one on a level with Job, the one party; but Job knew of none on a level with the Almighty, the other party (1Sa 2:25). We Christians know of such a Mediator (not, however, in the sense of umpire) on a level with both--the God-man, Christ Jesus (1Ti 2:5).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 9:33

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Daysman
• God
• Intercession
• Jesus Continued

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