Job 9:32
For God is not a man, as I am, that I could answer him, 1 that we could come together in court. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
31God would plunge me in a ditch, 1 and my own clothes would be disgusted with me. 1
33There is no judge between us 1 who might lay his hand upon us both. 1
Cross References
Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie, 2 Or a human being, that he should change his mind. 1 Has he promised anything without doing it? 2 Has he said he would do something without carrying it out?
Job 9:14How much less could I answer him, 1 could I choose words to reason with him? 1
Job 13:18See now, I have set my defense in order; 1 I know that I am innocent. 1
Job 33:7See, terror of me will not make you afraid; 1 neither will my pressure be heavy upon you. 1
Job 35:5Look up at the sky, and see it; 1 see the sky, which is higher than you. 1
Ecclesiastes 6:10Whatever has existed has already been given its name, and what mankind is like has already been known. So it has become useless to dispute with the one who is the mighty judge of all. 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 →