Job 9:33

There is no judge between us 1 who might lay his hand upon us both. 1

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

In Context

32For God is not a man, as I am, that I could answer him, 1 that we could come together in court. 1

34There is no other judge who could take God's rod off me, 1 who could keep his terror from frightening me. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 3:16Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

Job 33:23But if there is an angel who can be a mediator for him, 1 a mediator, one from among the thousands of angels, 1 to show him what is right to do, 1

Psalms 139:5Behind me and before me you surround me 1 and place your hand upon me. 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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