Job 9:28
Still am I in dread of the multitude of my sorrows; For I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
In Context
27If I say, I will forget my lamentation, I will change my countenance, and take courage,
29I shall be found guilty; Why then should I labor in vain?
Cross References
Job 7:21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, And take away mine iniquity? ((7:22)) For soon shall I sleep in the dust; And, though thou seek me diligently, I shall not be.
Job 9:20Though I were upright, yet must my own mouth condemn me; Though I were innocent, He would prove me perverse.
Job 14:16But now thou numberest my steps; Thou watchest over my sins.
Job 33:10Behold, He seeketh causes of hostility against me; He regardeth me as his enemy.
Psalms 119:120My flesh trembleth through fear of thee, And I am afraid of thy judgments.
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 →