Job 9:14
Oh then that he would hearken to me, or judge my cause. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
In Context
13For if he has turned away his anger, 1 The whales under heaven have stooped under him. 1
15For though I be righteous, he will not hearken to me: 1 I will entreat his judgment. 1
Cross References
Job 4:19But as for them that dwell in houses of clay, 1 Of whom we also are formed of the same clay, 1 He smites them like a moth. 1
Job 9:32For thou art not man like me, with whom I could contend, 1 That we might come together to judgment. 1
Job 23:4And I would plead my own cause, 1 And he would fill my mouth with arguments. 1
Job 25:6But alas! man is corruption, 1 And the son of man a worm.
Matthew Henry on Job 9:2-14
Job's Reply to Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? 3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? 5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. 6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. 7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth… Read the whole commentary →