Job 9:15
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.
American Standard 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
14How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words [to reason] with him?
16If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:38what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, [or] by all thy people Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
Job 5:8But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;
Job 10:2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest 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 any said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:
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 →