Job 9:17
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.
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 set me a time to plead?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
- KJV
- For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
- WEB
- For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.
- ASV
- For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause.
- DARBY
- He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
- BLB
- [He] who crushes me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds without cause.
- ÅB
- han som ville knuse meg i storm og uten årsak ramme meg med sår på sår,
- OTB
- Han ville knuse meg med en storm
og mangfoldiggjøre mine sår uten grunn. - B1930
- han som vilde knuse mig i storm og uten årsak ramme mig med sår på sår,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 16:14
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
Read in contextJob 2:3
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
Read in contextJob 34:6
Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
Read in contextJob 2:13
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
Read in contextEzekiel 13:13
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.
Read in contextJohn 9:3
Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
Read in contextJob 30:22
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
Read in contextJeremiah 23:19
Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
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