Job 9:15
Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn’t answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
In Context
14How much less will I answer him, and choose my words to argue with him?
16If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn’t believe that he listened to my voice.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:38whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall each know the plague of his own heart, and spread out his hands toward this house,
Job 5:8“But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,
Job 10:2I will tell God, ‘Do not condemn me. Show me why you contend with me.
Job 22:27You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You will pay your vows.
Job 34:31“For has any said to God, ‘I am guilty, but I will not offend any more.
Daniel 9:3I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
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 →