Job 9:15
And if I now have any justice, I will not respond, but will beseech my judge.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
In Context
14what am I then, that I should answer him and exchange words with him?
16And if he should listen to me when I call, I would not believe that he had heard my voice.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:38or whatever curse or divine intervention may happen to any man among your people Israel, if anyone understands, having been wounded in his heart, and if he will have extended his hands in this house,
Job 5:8Therefore, because of this, I will beg the Lord, and place my eloquence before God.
Job 10:2I will say to God: Do not be willing to condemn me. Reveal to me why you judge me this way.
Job 22:27You will plead with him, and he will listen to you, and you will pay your vows.
Job 34:31Therefore, since I have been speaking about God, I will not prevent you from doing the same.
Daniel 9:3And I set my face to the Lord, my God, to ask and make supplication with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.
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 →