Job 9:15
Whom, were I even righteous, I could not answer? to him that condemneth me I could [only] make supplication.
Leeser Tanakh
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
14How much less then could I answer him, and select my words [to contend] with him?
Cross References
1 Kings 8:38What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, of all thy people Israel, when they shall be conscious every man of the plague of his own heart, and he then spread forth his hands toward this house:
Job 5:8I, however, would have besought God, and unto God would I have committed my cause;
Job 10:2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; let me know for what cause thou contendest against me.
Job 22:27Thou wilt make entreaty unto him, and he will hear thee, and thy vows wilt thou pay.
Job 34:31For truly it is only fitting to say unto God, “I bear [cheerfully], I will not do any wrong;
Daniel 9:3And I directed my face unto the Lord God, to ask by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and in sackcloth, and ashes.
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 →