Job 9:15
For though I were iust, yet could I not answere, but I would make supplication to my Iudge.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
14Howe much lesse shall I answere him? or howe should I finde out my words with him?
16If I cry, and he answere me, yet woulde I not beleeue, that he heard my voyce.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:38Then what prayer, and supplication so euer shalbe made of any man or of all thy people Israel, when euery one shall knowe the plague in his owne heart, and stretch foorth his handes in this house,
Job 5:8But I would inquire at God, and turne my talke vnto God:
Job 10:2I will say vnto God, Condemne mee not: shew me, wherefore thou contendest with mee.
Job 22:27Thou shalt make thy praier vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt render thy vowes.
Job 34:31Surely it appertaineth vnto God to say, I haue pardoned, I will not destroy.
Daniel 9:3And I turned my face vnto the Lord God, and sought by prayer and supplications 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 →