Job 9:14
אַף כִּֽי ־ אָנֹכִי אֶֽעֱנֶנּוּ אֶבְחֲרָה דְבָרַי עִמּֽוֹ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
In Context
13אֱלוֹהַּ לֹא ־ יָשִׁיב אַפּוֹ תחתו שָׁחֲחוּ עֹזְרֵי רָֽהַב ׃
15אֲשֶׁר אִם ־ צָדַקְתִּי לֹא אֶעֱנֶה לִמְשֹׁפְטִי אֶתְחַנָּֽן ׃
Cross References
Job 4:19אַף ׀ שֹׁכְנֵי בָֽתֵּי ־ חֹמֶר אֲשֶׁר ־ בֶּעָפָר יְסוֹדָם יְדַכְּאוּם לִפְנֵי ־ עָֽשׁ ׃
Job 9:32כִּי ־ לֹא ־ אִישׁ כָּמֹנִי אֶֽעֱנֶנּוּ נָבוֹא יַחְדָּו בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט ׃
Job 23:4אֶעֶרְכָה לְפָנָיו מִשְׁפָּט וּפִי אֲמַלֵּא תוֹכָחֽוֹת ׃
Job 25:6אַף כִּֽי ־ אֱנוֹשׁ רִמָּה וּבֶן ־ אָדָם תּוֹלֵעָֽה ׃ פ
Matthew Henry on Job 9:2-14
Job's Reply to Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? 3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? 5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. 6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. 7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth… Read the whole commentary →