Job 9:28

I am afraid of all my sorrows; 1 I have da'as that Thou wilt not hold me innocent. 1

Orthodox Jewish 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 si'akh (complaint), 1 I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself, 1

29If I be wicked, 1 why then labor I in hevel (vain)? 1

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Cross References

Exodus 20:7Thou shalt not take the Shem Hashem Eloheicha in vain; for Hashem will not hold him guiltless that taketh Shmo in vain.

Job 7:21And why dost Thou not pardon my peysha (transgression), 1 and take away my avon (iniquity)? 1 For now shall I sleep in the aphar; 1 and Thou shalt search for me, but I shall be no more.

Job 9:20If etzdak (I am justified, in the right), mine own mouth would condemn me; 1 if I say, I am blameless, He would prove me perverse. 1

Job 14:16For now Thou countest my steps. 1 Dost Thou not watch over my chattat? 1

Job 33:10Yet He findeth tenuot (occasions) against me, 1 He counteth me for his oyev, 1

Psalms 119:120My basar trembleth for fear of Thee; 1 and I am afraid of Thy mishpatim. ע AYIN 1

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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