Job 9:34
Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His terror make me afraid;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
In Context
33There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
35Then would I speak, and not fear Him; for I am not so with myself.
Cross References
Job 13:11Shall not His majesty terrify you, and His dread fall upon you?
Job 23:15Therefore am I affrighted at His presence; when I consider, I am afraid of Him.
Job 31:23For calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of His majesty I could do nothing.
Job 37:1At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of its place.
Psalms 39:11(39-12) With rebukes dost Thou chasten man for iniquity, and like a moth Thou makest his beauty to consume away; surely every man is vanity. Selah
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 →