Job 9:17
For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
In Context
16If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
18He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
Cross References
Job 2:3Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
Job 2:13Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.
Job 16:12I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
Job 16:17yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
Job 30:22You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.
Job 34:6Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
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 →