Job 9:28
I go in fear of all my pains; I am certain that I will not be free from sin in your eyes.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
In Context
27If I say, I will put my grief out of mind, I will let my face be sad no longer and I will be bright;
29You will not let me be clear of sin! why then do I take trouble for nothing?
Cross References
Exodus 20:7You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord
Job 7:21And why do you not take away my sin, and let my wrongdoing be ended? for now I go down to the dust, and you will be searching for me with care, but I will be gone.
Job 9:20Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.
Job 14:16For now my steps are numbered by you, and my sin is not overlooked.
Job 33:10See, he is looking for something against me; in his eyes I am as one of his haters;
Psalms 119:120My flesh is moved for fear of you; I give honour to your decisions.
Matthew Henry on Job 9:26-35
25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. 26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. 29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor… Read the whole commentary →