Job 9:15
אֲשֶׁר אִם ־ צָדַקְתִּי לֹא אֶעֱנֶה לִמְשֹׁפְטִי אֶתְחַנָּֽן ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
14אַף כִּֽי ־ אָנֹכִי אֶֽעֱנֶנּוּ אֶבְחֲרָה דְבָרַי עִמּֽוֹ ׃
16אִם ־ קָרָאתִי וַֽיַּעֲנֵנִי לֹֽא ־ אַאֲמִין כִּֽי ־ יַאֲזִין קוֹלִֽי ׃
Cross References
1 Kings 8:38כָּל ־ תְּפִלָּה כָל ־ תְּחִנָּה אֲשֶׁר תִֽהְיֶה לְכָל ־ הָאָדָם לְכֹל עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר יֵדְעוּן אִישׁ נֶגַע לְבָבוֹ וּפָרַשׂ כַּפָּיו אֶל ־ הַבַּיִת הַזֶּֽה ׃
Job 5:8אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶל ־ אֵל וְאֶל ־ אֱלֹהִים אָשִׂים דִּבְרָתִֽי ׃
Job 10:2אֹמַר אֶל ־ אֱלוֹהַּ אַל ־ תַּרְשִׁיעֵנִי הֽוֹדִיעֵנִי עַל מַה ־ תְּרִיבֵֽנִי ׃
Job 22:27תַּעְתִּיר אֵלָיו וְיִשְׁמָעֶךָּ וּנְדָרֶיךָ תְשַׁלֵּֽם ׃
Job 34:31כִּֽי ־ אֶל ־ אֵל הֶאָמַר נָשָׂאתִי לֹא אֶחְבֹּֽל ׃
Daniel 9:3וָאֶתְּנָה אֶת ־ פָּנַי אֶל ־ אֲדֹנָי הָֽאֱלֹהִים לְבַקֵּשׁ תְּפִלָּה וְתַחֲנוּנִים בְּצוֹם וְשַׂק וָאֵֽפֶר ׃
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 →