Job 9:28
I am afraid of all my pains, I know that Thou wilt not hold me guiltless.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
In Context
27If I say: 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer',
29I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?
Cross References
Exodus 20:7Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain.
Job 7:21And why dost Thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; and Thou wilt seek me, but I shall not be.
Job 9:20Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me; though I be innocent, He shall prove me perverse.
Job 14:16But now Thou numberest my steps, Thou dost not even wait for my sin;
Job 33:10Behold, He findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for His enemy;
Psalms 119:120My flesh shuddereth for fear of Thee; and I am afraid of Thy judgments.
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 →