Job 9:28
I have been afraid of all my griefs, I have known that Thou dost not acquit me.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
In Context
27Though I say, 'I forget my talking, I forsake my corner, and I brighten up!'
29I — I am become wicked; why [is] this? [In] vain I labour.
Cross References
Exodus 20:7'Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.
Job 7:21Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me — and I am not!
Job 9:20If I be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked, Perfect I am! — it declareth me perverse.
Job 14:16But now, my steps Thou numberest, Thou dost not watch over my sin.
Job 33:10Lo, occasions against me He doth find, He doth reckon me for an enemy to Him,
Psalms 119:120Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!
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 →