Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, to be absolved, I would make supplication.

New American Standard Bible

“For though I were right, I could not answer;
I would have to implore the mercy of my judge.

King James Version

Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

Holman Bible

Even if I were in the right, I could not answer.
I could only beg my Judge for mercy.

International Standard Version

Even if I'm in the right, I cannot answer him. I can only appeal for mercy.

A Conservative Version

Whom, though I were righteous, yet I would not answer. I would make supplication to my judge.

American Standard Version

Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.

Amplified


For though I were righteous, I could not answer.
I must appeal for mercy to my Opponent and Judge.

Bible in Basic English

Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me.

Darby Translation

Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.

Julia Smith Translation

Whom, if I was just, I shall not answer; I will make supplication to my judge.

King James 2000

For, though I were righteous, yet could I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

Lexham Expanded Bible

whom I cannot answer, even though I am righteous? From my judge I must implore grace.

Modern King James verseion

Whom, though I were righteous, yet I would not answer; I seek mercy for my judgment.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Yea though I be righteous, yet will I not give him one word again, but meekly submit myself to my judge.

NET Bible

Although I am innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my judge for mercy.

New Heart English Bible

Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn't answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.

Webster

Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

World English Bible

Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn't answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.

Youngs Literal Translation

Whom, though I were righteous, I answer not, For my judgment I make supplication.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
yet would I not answer
ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 329

Verse Info

Context Readings

Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad

14 How much less that, I, should answer him, should choose my words with him? 15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, to be absolved, I would make supplication. 16 Though I had called, and he had answered me, I could not believe, that he would lend an ear to my voice.



Cross References

Job 8:5

Yet, if, thou thyself, wilt diligently seek unto GOD, - and, unto the Almighty, wilt make supplication;

Job 10:15

If I have been lawless, alas for me! Or, if I am righteous, I will not lift up my head, Surfeited with shame, look thou then on my humiliation.

1 Kings 8:38-39

any prayer, any supplication which, any son of earth, may have, of all thy people Israel, - who will certainly know every man the plague of his own heart, and so he shall spread abroad his hands towards this house,

2 Chronicles 33:13

and, when he prayed unto him, then was he entreated of him, and hearkened unto his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem, unto his own kingdom, and so Manasseh came to know, that, Yahweh, is God.

Job 5:8

Yet indeed, I, would seek unto El, and, unto Elohim, would I set forth any cause: -

Job 10:2

I say unto GOD, Do not hold me guilty, Let me know, on what account thou contendest with me!

Job 22:27

Thou shalt make entreaty unto him, and he will hear thee, and, thy vows, shalt thou pay;

Job 23:7

There an upright man, might reason with him, so should I deliver myself completely from my judge.

Job 34:31-32

For, unto GOD, hath one ever said - I have borne punishment, I will not be perverse;

Jeremiah 31:9

With weeping, shall they come in, And with supplications, will I lead them, I will bring them unto rivers of waters By a smooth way, wherein they shall not stumble, - For I have become, to Israel, a father, And as for Ephraim, my firstborn, is he!

Daniel 9:3

So I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek him by prayer, and supplication, - with fasting, and sackcloth and ashes;

Daniel 9:18

Incline, O my God, thine ear, and hearken, open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city on which hath been called thy name; for, not on the ground of our own righteousnesses, are we causing our supplications to fall down before thee, but on the ground of thine abounding compassions.

1 Corinthians 4:4

For, of nothing, to myself, am I conscious: nevertheless, not hereby, am I declared righteous, but, he that doth examine me, is the Lord.

1 Peter 2:23

Who, being reviled, was not reviling again, suffering, he was not threatening, but was making surrender unto him that judgeth righteously, -

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