Job 9:28
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
King James Version
In Context
27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
29If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
Cross References
Exodus 20:7Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Job 7:21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
Job 9:20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
Job 14:16For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
Job 33:10Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
Psalms 119:120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Matthew Henry on Job 9:26-35
25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. 26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. 29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor… Read the whole commentary →