Job 9:17

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Summary

Job 9:17

For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

For he

Multiplieth

Job 1:14

Job 2:7

Without cause

General references

Psalm 83:15

Bible References

For he

He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.

The Lord's shout breaks the cedars, the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.

One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.

chase them with your gale winds, and terrify them with your windstorm.

I will make justice the measuring line, fairness the plumb line; hail will sweep away the unreliable refuge, the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place.

But just watch! The wrath of the Lord will come like a storm! Like a raging storm it will rage down on the heads of those who are wicked.

"'Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: In my rage I will make a violent wind break out. In my anger there will be a deluge of rain and hailstones in destructive fury.

The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed; it was utterly destroyed!"

He will not break a bruised reed or extinguish a smoldering wick, until he brings justice to victory.

Multiplieth

and a messenger came to Job, saying, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing beside them,

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the sole of his feet to the top of his head.

Without cause

Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason."

although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

Concerning my right, should I lie? My wound is incurable, although I am without transgression.'

Certainly none who rely on you will be humiliated. Those who deal in treachery will be thwarted and humiliated.

Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but he was born blind so that the acts of God may be revealed through what happens to him.

Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law, 'They hated me without reason.'

General references

chase them with your gale winds, and terrify them with your windstorm.