Job 9:15
For though I be righteous, he will not listen to me: I will entreat his judgment.
LXX2012 (US English)
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
14Oh then that he would listen to me, or judge my cause.
16And if I should call and he should not listen, I can’t believe that he has listened to my voice.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:38every prayer, every supplication whatever shall be made by any man, as they shall know each the plague of his heart, and shall spread abroad his hands to this house,
Job 5:8Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;
Job 10:2And I will say to the Lord, Do not teach me to be impious; and therefore have you thus judged me?
Job 22:27And he shall hear you when you pray to him, and he shall grant you power to pay your vows.
Job 34:31For there is one that says to the Mighty One, I have received blessings; I will not take a pledge:
Daniel 9:3And I set my face toward the Lord God, to seek him diligently by prayer and supplications, with fastings and sackcloth.
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 →