Job 9:19
For indeed he is strong in power: who then shall resist his judgment?
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
In Context
18For he suffers me not to take breath, but he has filled me with bitterness.
Cross References
Job 9:4For he is wise in mind, and mighty, and great: who has hardened himself against him and endured?
Job 31:35(Oh that I had a hearer,) and if I had not feared the hand of the Lord; and as to the written charge which I had against any one,
Job 36:17there is a deep gulf and a rushing stream beneath it, and thy table came down full of fatness. Judgment shall not fail from the righteous;
Psalms 62:11They shall be delivered up to the power of the sword; they shall be portions for foxes.
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 →