Job 9:32
For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
Berean Standard Bible
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
31then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
33Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
Cross References
Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
Job 9:14How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
Job 13:18Behold, now that I have prepared my case, I know that I will be vindicated.
Job 33:7Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you.
Job 35:5Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
Ecclesiastes 6:10Whatever exists was named long ago, and what happens to a man is foreknown; but he cannot contend with one stronger 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 →