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Job 9:15

DoubtHumility

13 God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.

14 How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?

For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.

16 If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.

17 For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.

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BSB
For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
KJV
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
WEB
Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn’t answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.
ASV
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.
DARBY
Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.
BLB
whom, if I were righteous, I could not answer; to my Judge I would plead for mercy.
ÅB
jeg som ikke kunne svare om jeg enn hadde rett, men måtte be min dommer om nåde!
OTB
Selv om jeg var uskyldig, kunne jeg ikke svare Ham;
jeg måtte be om nåde fra min Dommer.
B1930
jeg som ikke kunde svare om jeg enn hadde rett, men måtte be min dommer om nåde!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Job 10:15

    If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.

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  • Job 8:5

    But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,

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  • Job 22:27

    You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.

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  • Job 10:2

    I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.

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  • 1 Peter 2:23

    When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.

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  • Job 5:8

    However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:13

    And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition; so He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.

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  • Job 23:7

    Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

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