Job 9:34
Let him take away his rod from me and not send his fear on me:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
In Context
33There is no one to give a decision between us, who might have control over us.
35Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.
Cross References
Job 13:11Will not his glory put you in fear, so that your hearts will be overcome before him?
Job 23:15For this cause I am in fear before him, my thoughts of him overcome me.
Job 31:23For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.
Job 37:1At this my heart is shaking; it is moved out of its place.
Psalms 39:11\39:10\No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand.
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 →