Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
I would have to
King James Version
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
Holman Bible
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.
The Emphasized Bible
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, to be absolved, I would make supplication.
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
Tsadaq
`anah
Chanan
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 9:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad
14
How much less shall I answer him and choose out my words to reason with him?
15
I would have to
Names
Cross References
Job 8:5
if thou would seek God early and make thy supplication to the Almighty,
Job 10:15
If I am wicked, woe unto me; and if I am righteous, I will not lift up my head, being full of dishonour and of seeing my affliction.
1 Kings 8:38-39
every prayer and every supplication made by any man or by all thy people Israel, when anyone knows the plague of his own heart and spreads forth his hands toward this house,
2 Chronicles 33:13
and when he prayed unto him, he was heard; for he heard his supplication and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God.
Job 5:8
I would certainly seek God, and unto God would I commit my affairs;
Job 10:2
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; cause me to understand why thou dost contend with me.
Job 22:27
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
Job 23:7
There the righteous might dispute with him; and should I escape for ever from the one who condemns me.
Job 34:31-32
For it is of God to say, I have forgiven, I will no longer destroy.
Jeremiah 31:9
They shall come with weeping, but with mercies I will cause them to return; I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, in which they shall not stumble; for I shall be a father to Israel, and Ephraim shall be my firstborn.
Daniel 9:3
And I turned my face unto the Lord God, seeking him in prayer and supplication, in fasting and sackcloth, and ashes:
Daniel 9:18
O my God, incline thine ear and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee confiding in our righteousnesses, but in thy many mercies.
1 Corinthians 4:4
For although I have nothing on my conscience, yet am I not hereby justified, but he that judges me is the Lord.
1 Peter 2:23
who, when he was cursed, did not return the curse; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but committed himself to him that judges righteously;