Job 9:28
O then would I be in dread of all my pains; I know that thou wilt not declare me innocent.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
In Context
29I must ever be guilty: why then should I fatigue myself for nought?
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 wilt thou not forgive my transgression, and let my iniquity pass away? for soon must I lie down in the dust; and thou wilt seek for me, but I shall be no more.
Job 9:20If I were righteous even, my own mouth would condemn me: were I innocent, it would still prove me perverse.
Job 14:16Yet now thou numberest my steps: and thou waitest not with [the punishment of] my sin.
Job 33:10Yet, behold, he findeth hateful backsliding on me, he regardeth me as an enemy unto him;
Psalms 119:120My flesh trembleth shudderingly from dread of thee, and of thy decrees am I afraid.
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 →