New King James Version
Job 9:13
13God will not withdraw His anger, The allies of the proud lie prostrate beneath Him.
Job 9:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
- New International Version (NIV)God does not restrain his anger; even the cohorts of Rahab cowered at his feet.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"God will not turn back his anger; beneath him bowed the helpers of Rahab.
- New Living Translation (NLT)And God does not restrain his anger. Even the monsters of the sea are crushed beneath his feet.
Context of Job 9:13
11If He goes by me, I do not see Him; If He moves past, I do not perceive Him; 12If He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who can say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’ God will not withdraw His anger, The allies of the proud lie prostrate beneath Him. 14“How then can I answer Him, And choose my words to reason with Him? 15For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I would beg mercy of my Judge.
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אֱ֭לוֹהַּ לֹא־יָשִׁ֣יב אַפּ֑וֹ תַּחְתָּ֥יו שָׁ֝חֲח֗וּ עֹ֣זְרֵי רָֽהַב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 9:13
- Job 26:12He stirs up the sea with His power, And by His understanding He breaks up the storm.
- Job 40:9Have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His?
- Isaiah 30:7For the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose. Therefore I have called her Rahab-Hem-Shebeth.
- Isaiah 31:2Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster, And will not call back His words, But will arise against the house of evildoers, And against the help of those who work iniquity.
- James 4:6But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”
Commentaries on Job 9:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13If God will not withdraw his anger - It is of no use to contend with God; he cannot be successfully resisted; all his opposers must perish.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13If God will not withdraw his anger - That is, if he perseveres in inflicting punishment. He will not turn aside his displeasure by any opposition or resistance made to him. The proud helpers - Margin, Helpers of pride, or, strength. Jerome renders this, “under whom they who bear up the world bow down.” The Septuagint, not less singularly, “by him the whales (or monsters - ́ ketos ) which are under heaven, are bowed down.” Codurcus renders it, “aids of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13the helpers of Rahab: Job described the power of demons as mythical sea monsters that represented chaos. This kind of imagery appears in other parts of the Bible as well (26:12; Psalm 89:11; Isaiah 51:9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. If God--rather, "God will not withdraw His anger," that is, so long as a mortal obstinately resists [Umbreit]. the proud helpers--The arrogant, who would help one contending with the Almighty, are of no avail against Him.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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