Job 9:19
If of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, who will summon me?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
In Context
18He will not allow me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
Cross References
Job 9:4[He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?
Job 31:35O that I had someone to hear me (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me), and [that I had] the indictment which my adversary has written!
Job 36:17But thou have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold,
Psalms 62:11God has spoken once, twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God.
Matthew 6:13And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, because from thee is the kingdom and the power and the glory into the ages. Truly.
1 Corinthians 10:22Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
Matthew Henry on Job 9:15-22
14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? 15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. 16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. 17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness. 19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall… Read the whole commentary →