Job 9:17
He that bruiseth me with [his] tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without a cause.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
In Context
18He suffereth me not to recover my breath; but feedeth me overmuch with bitter things.
Cross References
Job 2:3Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Hast thou directed thy attention toward my servant Job: for there is none like him on the earth, a man perfect and upright, who feareth God, and escheweth evil? and he is still holding fast to his integrity, and thou hast incited me against him, to destroy him without cause.
Job 2:13They likewise sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights; but no one spoke a word unto him; for they saw that his pain was very great.
Job 16:12I was at ease, but he hath crushed me; he hath also grasped me by the neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up unto himself as a mark;
Job 16:17Not because any violence is in my hands, and while my prayer is pure.
Job 30:22Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to pass away, and dissolvest in me all wise counsel.
Job 34:6Should I lie concerning the justice due me? incurable is [my wound from] the arrow I bear in me without any 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 →