Job 9:28
I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
Darby Translation
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 forget my complaint, I will leave off my [sad] countenance, and brighten up,
29Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain?
Cross References
Exodus 20:7Thou shalt not idly utter the name of Jehovah thy God; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that idly uttereth his name.
Job 7:21And why dost not thou forgive my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust, and thou shalt seek me early, and I shall not be.
Job 9:20If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove me perverse.
Job 14:16For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
Job 33:10Lo, he findeth occasions of hostility against me, he counteth me for his enemy;
Psalms 119:120My flesh shuddereth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
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 →