Job 9:16

And if I should call and he should not listen, I can’t believe that he has listened to my voice.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

In Context

15For though I be righteous, he will not listen to me: I will entreat his judgment.

17Let him not crush me with a dark storm: but he has made by bruises many without cause.

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Cross References

Exodus 6:9And Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, and they listened not to Moses for faint-heartedness, and for their hard tasks.

Job 29:24Were I to laugh on them, they would not believe it; and the light of my face has not failed.

Psalms 126:1Except the Lord build the house, they that build labor in vain: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman watches in vain. 1

Matthew Henry on Job 9:15-22

14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? 15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. 16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. 17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness. 19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall… Read the whole commentary →

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