Job 9:17
He that would break me with a tempest, and multiply my wounds without cause;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
In Context
18That would not suffer me to take my breath, but fill me with bitterness.
Cross References
Job 2:3And the LORD said unto Satan: 'Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a whole-hearted and an upright man, one that feareth God, and shunneth evil? and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou didst move Me against him, to destroy him without cause.'
Job 2:13So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word unto him; for they saw that his grief was very great.
Job 16:12I was at ease, and He broke me asunder; yea, He hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces; He hath also set me up for His mark.
Job 16:17Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
Job 30:22Thou liftest me up to the wind, Thou causest me to ride upon it; and Thou dissolvest my substance.
Job 34:6Notwithstanding my right I am accounted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'
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 →