Job 9:19
If I look to strength, “Lo! here am I!” [[saith he,]] If to justice, “Who shall summon me to trial?”
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
In Context
18Who will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness!
Cross References
Job 9:4He is excellent in wisdom, mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?
Job 31:35O that there were one who would hear me! Behold my signature! let the Almighty answer me. And let mine adversary write down his charge!
Job 36:17But if thou art full of the judgment of the wicked, Judgment and justice shall take hold of thee.
Psalms 62:11Once hath God promised, twice have I heard it, That power belongeth unto God.
Matthew 6:13and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
1 Corinthians 10:22Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
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 →