Job 9:34
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
In Context
33There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.
35[Then] I will speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
Cross References
Job 13:11Shall not his excellency terrify you? and his dread fall upon you?
Job 23:15Therefore am I troubled at his presence; I consider, and I am afraid of him.
Job 31:23For calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I was powerless.
Job 37:1Aye, my heart trembleth at this also, and leapeth up out of its place:
Psalms 39:11When thou with rebukes dost correct a man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely, every man is vanity. Selah.
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 →