Job 9:33

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

In Context

32For thou art not man like me, with whom I could contend, 1 That we might come together to judgment. 1

34Let him remove his rod from me, 1 And let not his fear terrify me: 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 3:16Then there appeared two harlots before the king, and they stood before him.

Job 33:23Though there should be a thousand messengers of death, 1 Not one of them shall wound him: 1 If he should purpose in his heart to turn to the Lord, 1 And declare to man his fault, 1 And show his folly; 1

Psalms 139:5Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the sinner; 1 Rescue me from unjust men; 1 Who have purposed to overthrow my goings. 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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