Job 9:15
Even though I'm right, I can't answer him. I must plead for mercy from my judge.
Free Bible 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
14So how much less could I answer God, or choose my words to argue with him!
16Even if I called him to come and he responded, I don't believe he would listen to me.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:38then whatever kind of prayer or whatever kind of appeal is made by anyone or all your people Israel, (in fact anyone who, knowing their problems and pains, prays toward this Temple),
Job 5:8If it were me, I would go to God and put my case before him.
Job 10:2I will tell God, “Don't just condemn me—tell me what you have against me.
Job 22:27You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will keep your promises to him.
Job 34:31If you were to say to God, ‘I have sinned, but I won't do bad things any more.
Daniel 9:3So I turned to the Lord God in prayer. I fasted and wore sackcloth and ashes, and I pleaded with him in prayer to act.
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 →