Job 9:19
If it regardeth vigour, bold is he! If justice, who could summon him?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
In Context
18He would not suffer me to recover my breath, for he would surfeit me with bitter things.
Cross References
Job 9:4Wise in heart, and alert in vigour, What man hath hardened himself against him, and prospered!
Job 31:35Oh that I had one to hear me, Lo! my crossmark, May, the Almighty, answer me! And would that, a book, mine opponent had written!
Job 36:17But, with the plea of a lawless one, thou art full, Plea and sentence, will take fast hold.
Psalms 62:11One thing, hath God spoken, Two things, [there are] which I have heard, That, power, belongeth unto God;
Matthew 6:13And bring us not into temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.
1 Corinthians 10:22Or are we to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we mightier than he?
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 →