Job 9:13
God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
In Context
12If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
14How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
Cross References
Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
Isaiah 5:25Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Isaiah 31:2Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers.
James 4:6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
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 →