Job 9:28
I am afraid of all my pains, I know, that thou wilt not pronounce me innocent.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
In Context
27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will lay aside my sad countenance, and brighten up,
29I, shall be held guilty,—Wherefore then, in vain, should I toil?
Cross References
Exodus 20:7Thou shalt not utter the name of Yahweh thy God for falsehood, for Yahweh will not let him go unpunished who uttereth his name for falsehood.
Job 7:21And why wilt thou not remove my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For, now, in the dust, should I lie down, and thou shouldst seek me diligently, and I should not be.
Job 9:20If I should justify myself, mine own mouth, would condemn me,—I blameless? then had it shewn me perverse.
Job 14:16For, now, my steps, thou countest, Thou wilt not pass over my sin:
Job 33:10Lo! occasions of hostility, would he find against me, He counteth me an enemy to him;
Psalms 119:120My flesh, bristled up from dread of thee, and, of thy regulations, stand I in fear.
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 →