Job 9:32
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
In Context
31Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.
33There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.
Cross References
Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?
Job 9:14How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words [to reason] with him?
Job 13:18Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous.
Job 33:7Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, Neither shall my pressure be heavy upon thee.
Job 35:5Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
Ecclesiastes 6:10Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago; and it is know what man is; neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he.
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 →