Job 9:15
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, to be absolved, I would make supplication.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
14How much less that, I, should answer him, should choose my words with him?
Cross References
1 Kings 8:38any prayer, any supplication which, any son of earth, may have, of all thy people Israel,—who will certainly know every man the plague of his own heart, and so he shall spread abroad his hands towards this house,
Job 5:8Yet indeed, I, would seek unto El, and, unto Elohim, would I set forth any cause:—
Job 10:2I say unto GOD, Do not hold me guilty, Let me know, on what account thou contendest with me!
Job 22:27Thou shalt make entreaty unto him, and he will hear thee, and, thy vows, shalt thou pay;
Job 34:31For, unto GOD, hath one [ever] said—I have borne punishment, I will not be perverse;
Daniel 9:3So I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek [him] by prayer, and supplication,—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 →