Tree of Life Version
Job 33:9
9‘I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent, without iniquity.
Job 33:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
- New International Version (NIV)‘I am pure, I have done no wrong; I am clean and free from sin.
- 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.
Context of Job 33:9
7See, no fear of me should terrify you, nor should my pressure be heavy on you. 8“Indeed, you have said in my hearing, —I heard the sound of the words: ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent, without iniquity. 10Yet, He has found fault with me; He considers me His enemy. 11He puts my feet in the shackles; He watches closely 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 who crushes me with a storm and multiplies my wounds for no reason.
- Job 10:7though You know that I am not guilty, yet there is no one to deliver from Your hand?
- Job 11:4For you have said, ‘My teaching is flawless’ and ‘I am pure in Your eyes!’
- Job 16:17yet no violence is in my hands and my prayer is pure.
- Job 23:11My foot has held closely to His steps; I have kept to His way and have not strayed.
- Job 27:5Far be it from me to say that you are just; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was as my robe and turban.
- Job 9:23If a scourge smites suddenly, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
- Job 17:8The upright are appalled at this; the innocent are stirred up against the ungodly.
- Jeremiah 2:35you say, ‘I am innocent— surely His anger is turned away from me?’ See, I will pass judgment on you, since you say: ‘I haven’t 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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