Tree of Life Version
Job 9:15
15Even if I were right, I would not answer; I would implore the mercy of my Judge.
Job 9:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
- New International Version (NIV)Though I were innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Though I am in the right, I cannot answer him; I must appeal for mercy to my accuser.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I would beg mercy of my Judge.
Context of Job 9:15
13“God does not restrain His anger; under Him the helpers of Rahab cower. 14How then can I answer Him or choose my words with Him? Even if I were right, I would not answer; I would implore the mercy of my Judge. 16Even if I called and He answered me, I would not believe that He would listen to my voice. 17He who crushes me with a storm and multiplies my wounds for no reason.
Read all of Job 9Job 9:15 word by word
אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִם־צָ֭דַקְתִּי לֹ֣א אֶעֱנֶ֑ה לִ֝מְשֹׁפְטִ֗י אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 9:15
- Job 10:15If I am guilty, woe to me! Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and conscious of my affliction.
- 1 Corinthians 4:4For I know of nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this. It is the Lord who judges me.
- Job 5:8But as for me, I would seek God; I would lay my cause before God.
- Job 8:5If you would seek God and plead with Shaddai,
- Job 10:2I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; tell me why You contend with me.’
- Job 22:27You will pray to Him and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
- Job 34:31“Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have born chastisement, but I will not act wickedly any more.
- 1 Kings 8:38when prayer or supplication is made by anyone or by all Your people Israel—each knowing the plague of his own heart—when one spreads his hands toward this House,
- 2 Chronicles 33:13When he prayed to Him, He was moved by his entreaty, heard his plea and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Adonai, He is God.
- Jeremiah 31:9Hear the word of Adonai, O nations, and declare it in the distant islands, and say: ‘He who scattered Israel will gather and watch over him, as a shepherd does his flock.’
- Daniel 9:3So I set my face to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes.
- Job 23:7There the upright can reason with Him, and there I would forever be delivered from my Judge.
- 1 Peter 2:23When He was abused, He did not return the abuse. While suffering, He made no threats. Instead, He kept entrusting Himself to the One who judges righteously.
Commentaries on Job 9:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Though I were righteous - Though clear of all the crimes, public and secret, of which you accuse me, yet I would not dare to stand before his immaculate holiness. Man's holiness may profit man, but in the sight of the infinite purity of God it is nothing. Thus sung an eminent poet: - "I loathe myself when God I see, And into nothing fall; Content that thou exalted be, And Christ be all in all." I would make supplication to my Judge - Though not conscious…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Whom, though I were righteous - That is, if I felt the utmost confidence that I was righteous, yet, if God judged otherwise, and regarded me as a sinner, I would not reply to him, but would make supplication to him as a sinner. I would have so much confidence in him, and would feel that he was so much better qualified than I am to judge, and that I am so liable to be deceived, that I would come to him as a sinner, if he judged and declared me to be one…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-21Verses 14-21 Job is still righteous in his own eyes, ch. 32:1, and this answer, though it sets forth the power and majesty of God, implies that the question between the afflicted and the Lord of providence, is a question of might, and not of right; and we begin to discover the evil fruits of pride and of a self-righteous spirit. Job begins to manifest a disposition to condemn God, that he may justify himself, for which he is afterwards reproved. Still Job…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-35Job answered Bildad by describing God's universal and legal power. His speech resembles a complex legal case. It includes: A summons and response (9:3, 14–16, 19b, 32). The risk of proving himself guilty (9:20). A "mediator" (9:33–34). A question of accusation (9:12). A legal sentence (9:22). A declaration of guilt (9:28–30).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. (Job 10:15). Though I were conscious of no sin, yet I would not dare to say so, but leave it to His judgment and mercy to justify me (1Co 4:4).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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