Job 9:13
God will not turn away his anger; The proud helpers are brought low before him.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
In Context
12Lo! he seizeth, and who can hinder him? Who will say to him, What doest thou?
14How much less shall I answer him, And choose out words to contend with him?
Cross References
Job 40:9Hast thou an arm like God's? Or canst thou thunder with thy voice like him?
Isaiah 5:25Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people; He stretcheth forth his hand against them, and smiteth them, so that the mountains tremble, And their carcasses are as dung in the midst of the streets; For all this his anger is not turned away, But his hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah 31:2Yet he, too, is wise; He will bring evil, and not take back his words; He will arise against the house of the evil-doers, And against the help of them that do iniquity.
James 4:6but he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, “God resisteth the proud, but giveth 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 →