Job 9:32

For thou art not man like me, with whom I could contend, 1 That we might come together to judgment. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

In Context

31Thou hadst thoroughly plunged me in filth, 1 And my garment had abhorred me. 1

33Would that he our mediator were present, and a reprover, 1 And one who should hear the cause between both. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 23:19God is not as man to waver, 1 Nor as the son of man to be threatened; 1 Shall he say and not perform? 1 Shall he speak and not keep to his word? 1

Job 9:14Oh then that he would hearken to me, or judge my cause. 1

Job 13:18Behold, I am near my judgment: 1 I know that I shall appear evidently just. 1

Job 33:7My fear shall not terrify thee, 1 Neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee. 1

Job 35:5Look up to the sky and see; 1 And consider the clouds, how high they are above thee. 1

Ecclesiastes 6:10If anything has been, its name has already been called: 1 And it is known what man is; 1 Neither can he contend with him who is stronger than he. 1

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 →

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