Job 9:33

There is no umpire between us, Who may lay his hand upon us both.

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In The King James Version

Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

In Context

32For He is not a man, as I am, that I may contend with him, And that we may go together into judgment;

34Let him take from me his rod, And not dismay me with his terrors,

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Cross References

Job 33:23But if there be with him a messenger, An interpreter, one of a thousand, Who may show unto man his duty,

Psalms 139:5Thou besettest me behind and before, And layest thine hand upon me!

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 →

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