Job 9:32
For He is not an ish, as I am, that I should answer Him, 1 and we should come together in mishpat (in the court). 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
31Yet shalt Thou plunge me in the shachat (slime pit), 1 and mine own clothes shall abhor me. 1
33Neither is there any mochiach (arbitrator) between us, 1 that might lay his yad upon us both. 1
Cross References
Numbers 23:19El is not an ish, that He should lie; 1 neither a ben adam, that He should change His mind; 1 hath He said, and shall He not do it? 1 Or hath He spoken, and shall He not carry it out? 1
Job 9:14How much less shall I dispute with Him, 1 and choose my devarim with Him? 1
Job 13:18Hinei now, I have prepared my mishpat (cause, case); 1 I know that I shall be acquitted. 1
Job 33:7Hinei, my terror shall not make thee afraid, 1 neither shall my pressure be heavy upon thee. 1
Job 35:5Look unto Shomayim, and see; 1 and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. 1
Ecclesiastes 6:10That which is, its shem hath already been named, and it is known what adam shall be; neither may he contend with what is stronger 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 →