Job 9:19
If it be a matter of strength, lo, He is mighty! and if of justice, who will appoint me a time?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
18That would not suffer me to take my breath, but fill me with bitterness.
Cross References
Job 9:4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength; who hath hardened himself against Him, and prospered?
Job 31:35Oh that I had one to hear me! — Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me — and that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
Job 36:17And thou art full of the judgment of the wicked; judgment and justice take hold on them.
Psalms 62:11(62-12) God hath spoken once, twice have I heard this: that strength belongeth unto God;
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 →