Job 9:17
Because He bruises me with a storm, || And has multiplied my wounds for nothing.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
In Context
16Though I had called and He answers me, I do not believe that He gives ear [to] my voice.
18He does not permit me to refresh my spirit, || But fills me with bitter things.
Cross References
Job 2:3And YHWH says to Satan, “Have you set your heart to My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? And still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and you move Me against him to swallow him up for nothing!”
Job 2:13And they sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking to him a word when they have seen that the pain has been very great.
Job 16:12I have been at ease, and He breaks me, || And He has laid hold on my neck, || And He breaks me in pieces, || And He raises me to Him for a mark.
Job 16:17Not for violence in my hands, || And my prayer [is] pure.
Job 30:22You lift me up, || You cause me to ride on the wind, || And You melt—You level me.
Job 34:6Against my right do I lie? My arrow [is] mortal—without 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 →