Job 9:19
If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, ‘Who,’ says he, ‘will summon me?’
World English Bible Updated
In The King James Version
If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
In Context
18He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
Cross References
Job 9:4God is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him and prospered?
Job 31:35oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Let the accuser write my indictment!
Job 36:17“But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.
Psalms 62:11God has spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God.
Matthew 6:13Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’
1 Corinthians 10:22Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
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 →