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Job 9:15

JOB—NOTE ON Job 9:15 Though I am in the right, I cannot answer him. Job states here (and again in v. Job 9:20) that his friends have applied their theology to him and his circumstances in a way that traps him. Job agrees that God is just, but he feels there is no room for him to make the case for his innocence.

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See also Job 9:15 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 9:15. _THOUGH I WERE RIGHTEOUS_] Though clear of all the crimes, public and secret, of which you accuse me, yet I would not dare to stand before his immaculate holiness. Man's holiness may p...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WHOM, THOUGH I WERE RIGHTEOUS - That is, if I felt the utmost confidence that I was righteous, yet, if God judged otherwise, and regarded me as a sinner, I would not reply to him, but would make suppl...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER S 9-10 JOB ANSWERS BILDAD _ 1. The supremacy and power of God (Job 9:1)_ 2. How then can Job meet Him? (Job 9:11) 3. He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked (Job 9:22) 4. Confession of we...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB 9:1 is Job's answer to the position taken up by Bildad, viz. that the Almighty cannot judge falsely (Job 8:3). In Job 2 accepts the general principle that God judges according to merit. But of wha...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NOT ANSWER. not [dare to] answer....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    From the operation of this terrible force in the physical world Job passes on to describe its display among creatures, and to shew how it paralyses and crushes them....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _though I were righteous_ i. e. though I were in the right, though my cause was just against Him. _make supplication to my judge_ Rather, TO MINE ADVERSARY, or OPPONENT. Had Job right on his side he...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. Arbitrarily God deals with him, no matter what he may do. (Job 9:13-24) TEXT 9:13-24 13 GOD WILL NOT WITHDRAW HIS ANGER; The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him. 14 How much less shall I answer...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _WHOM, THOUGH I WERE RIGHTEOUS, YET WOULD I NOT ANSWER, BUT I WOULD MAKE SUPPLICATION TO MY JUDGE._ Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer (Job 10:15). Though I were conscious of no si...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB'S SECOND SPEECH (JOB 9:10) Job 9:10 are, perhaps, in their religious and moral aspects the most difficult in the book. Driver in his 'Introduction to the Literature of the OT.' analyses them as f...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    WOULD I NOT] i.e. 'would I not dare to.' I WOULD MAKE SUPPLICATION] rather, 'I must ask mercy.' It would be useless to attempt to establish his innocence. JUDGE] rather, 'adversary-at-law.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 9 JOB REPLIES TO BILDAD’S F...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Job realised that God is the greatest judge. Job wanted to explain his problems to God. But Job did not know what to say to God....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THOUGH I WERE RIGHTEOUS. — He now puts the alternative case: that he were actually righteous; yet even then supplication, and not assertion, would best become him....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִם ־צָ֭דַקְתִּי לֹ֣א אֶעֱנֶ֑ה לִ֝ מְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    X. THE THOUGHT OF A DAYSMAN JOB 9:1; Job 10:1 Job SPEAKS IT is with an infinitely sad restatement of what God has been made to appear to him by Bildad's speech that Job begins his reply. Yes, yes; it...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “THE DAYSMAN” Job 9:1 Ponder the sublimity of the conceptions of God given in this magnificent passage. To God are attributed the earthquake that rocks the pillars on which the world rests, Job 9:6;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Job now answered Bildad. He first admitted the truth of the general proposition, Of a truth I know that it IS so; and then propounded the great question, which he subsequently proceeded to discuss in...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I (k) not answer, [but] I would make supplication to my judge. (k) Meaning, in his own opinion, signifying that man will sometimes flatter himself to be rig...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (13) If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. (14) В¶ How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? (15) Whom, though I were righteous,...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WHOM, THOUGH I WERE RIGHTEOUS, [YET] WOULD I NOT ANSWER,.... This is not to be understood of the righteousness of his cause, that Job made no supposition of, but strongly asserted and determined to ho...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer, [but] I would make supplication to my judge. Ver. 15. _Whom though I were righteous_] Legally righteous, as none ever were, but the first and...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _How much less shall I answer him_ Since no creature can resist his power, and no man can comprehend his counsels and ways, how can I contend with him; answer his allegations and arguments produced ag...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Whom, though I were righteous, even if Job were in the right, free from blame according to standards of right as commonly accepted, yet would I NOT ANSWER, that is, Job could not answer, BUT I WOULD M...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JOB'S DEFENSE AGAINST SUSPICION. Both Eliphaz and Bildad had attempted to fasten upon Job some specific wrong, seeking from him a confession to that effect. He therefore defends himself against this...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    HOW CAN MAN BE JUST BEFORE GOD? (vv.1-13) Job's reply to Bildad occupies two Chapter s, 35 verses longer than Bildad's arguments had taken. But Job acknowledged, "Truly, I know it is so," that is, h...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    14-21 Job is still righteous in his own eyes, ch. Job 32:1, and this answer, though it sets forth the power and majesty of God, implies that the question between the afflicted and the Lord of provide...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THOUGH I WERE RIGHTEOUS; though I had a most just cause, and were not conscious to myself of any sin. YET WOULD I NOT ANSWER, i.e. I durst not undertake to plead my cause against him, or maintain my i...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 9:15 righteous H6663 (H8804) answer H6030 (H8799) mercy H2603 (H8691) Judge H8199 (H8781) though -...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Job answers Bildad, denying he is a hypocrite. CHARACTERS: God, Job, Bildad. CONCLUSION: Man is an unequal match for his Maker, either in dispute or combat. If God should deal with any of...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 9:5. _Removeth the mountains,_ by earthquakes. The great mountain ranges have continuous caverns, with interior rivers and lakes. Where liases, iron and sulphur abound, volcanoes form their beds o...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Which doeth great things past finding out._ JOB’S IDEA OF WHAT GOD IS TO MANKIND He regards the Eternal as-- I. Inscrutable. 1. In His works. “Which doeth great things past finding out.” How great...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _JOB’S REPLY TO BILDAD_ Strongly affirms the truth of Bildad’s speech as to God’s justice (Job 9:1). Declares the impossibility of fallen man establishing his righteousness with God. The same, already...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOB 9:1 Job, in answer to Bildad, admits the truth of his arguments, but declines to attempt the justification which can alone entitle him to accept the favourable side of Bildad's alterna...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So Job answers him and he said, I know it is true (Job 9:1-2): What? That God is fair. That God is just. Now that is something that we need to all know. That is true. God is righteous. God is just. Th...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 4:4; 1 Kings 8:38; 1 Kings 8:39; 1 Peter 2:23;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Tho' — Though I were not conscious to myself of any sin. Would not — I durst not undertake to plead my cause against him; or maintain my integrity before him, because he knows me better than I know my...

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