Job 9:16
Though I had called and He answers me, I do not believe that He gives ear [to] my voice.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
15Whom, though I were righteous, I do not answer, || For my judgment I make supplication.
17Because He bruises me with a storm, || And has multiplied my wounds for nothing.
Cross References
Exodus 6:9And Moses speaks so to the sons of Israel, and they did not listen to Moses, for anguish of spirit, and for harsh service.
Job 29:24I laugh at them—they give no credence, || And do not cause the light of my face to fall.
Psalms 66:18Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, || The Lord does not hear.
Psalms 126:1A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. In YHWH’s turning back [to] the captivity of Zion, || We have been as dreamers.
Acts 12:14and having known the voice of Peter, from the joy she did not open the porch, but having run in, told of the standing of Peter before the porch,
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 →