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.
• New International Version (NIV)If only there were someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together,
• 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.

Context of Job 9:33

31you would plunge me into a muddy ditch, and my own filthy clothing would hate me. 32“God is not a mortal like me, so I cannot argue with him or take him to trial. If only there were a mediator between us, someone who could bring us together. 34The mediator could make God stop beating me, and I would no longer live in terror of his punishment. 35Then I could speak to him without fear, but I cannot do that in my own strength.

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’s a question of strength, he’s the strong one. If it’s a matter of justice, who dares to summon him to court?
• 1 Samuel 2:25If someone sins against another person, God can mediate for the guilty party. But if someone sins against the Lord, who can intercede?” But Eli’s sons wouldn’t listen to their father, for the Lord was already planning to put them to death.
• Psalms 106:23So he declared he would destroy them. But Moses, his chosen one, stepped between the Lord and the people. He begged him to turn from his anger and not destroy them.
• 1 John 2:1My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous.
• 1 Kings 3:16Some time later two prostitutes came to the king to have an argument settled.

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