Job 9:15
I, who although I should have any just thing, would not answer, but would make supplication to my judge.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 have words with him?
16And if he should hear me when I call, I should not believe that he had heard my voice.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:38Whatsoever curse or imprecation shall happen to any man of thy people Israel: when a man shall know the wound of his own heart, and shall spread forth his hands in this house,
Job 5:8Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God:
Job 10:2I will say to God: Do not condemn me: tell me why thou judgest me so.
Job 22:27Thou shalt pray to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay vows.
Job 34:31Seeing then I have spoken of God, I will not hinder thee in thy turn.
Daniel 9:3And I set my face to the Lord my God, to pray 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 →