Job 9:32
For He is not a man, as I am, that I may contend with him, And that we may go together into judgment;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
In Context
31Still wilt thou plunge me into the pit, So that my own clothes will abhor me.
33There is no umpire between us, Who may lay his hand upon us both.
Cross References
Job 9:14How much less shall I answer him, And choose out words to contend with him?
Job 13:18Behold, I have now set in order my cause; I know that I am innocent.
Job 33:7Behold, my terror cannot dismay thee, Nor can my greatness be heavy upon thee.
Job 35:5Look up to the heavens, and see! And behold the clouds, which are high above thee!
Ecclesiastes 6:10That which is was long ago called by name; and it was known that he is a man, and that he cannot contend with Him who is mightier than he.
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 →