Job 9:15
Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.
Darby Translation
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
14How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words [to strive] with him?
16If I had called, and he had answered me, I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice,
Cross References
1 Kings 8:38what prayer, what supplication soever be made by any man, of all thy people Israel, when they shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house;
Job 5:8But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause;
Job 10:2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou strivest with me.
Job 22:27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;
Job 34:31For hath he said unto God, I bear [chastisement], I will not offend;
Daniel 9:3And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, 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 →