Job 9:19
If we speak of the strength of the mighty, lo, he is there! and if of judgment, who will appoint me a time?
Revised Version 1895
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 will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
Cross References
Job 9:4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?
Job 31:35Oh that I had one to hear me! (lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me;) and that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
Job 36:17But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
Psalms 62:11God hath spoken once, twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God:
Matthew 6:13And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
1 Corinthians 10:22Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger 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 →