Thematic Bible
Job 9:1 (show verse)
Then responded Job, and said -
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Job 9:2 (show verse)
Of a truth, I know that so it is, But how can a mortal be just with GOD?
Job 9:3 (show verse)
If he choose to contend with him, he cannot answer him, one of a thousand:
Job 9:4 (show verse)
Wise in heart, and alert in vigour, What man hath hardened himself against him, and prospered!
Job 9:5 (show verse)
Who removeth mountains, unawares, Who overturneth them in his anger;
Job 9:6 (show verse)
Who shaketh the earth, out of its place, and, the pillars thereof, shudder;
Job 9:7 (show verse)
Who commandeth the sun, and it breaketh not forth, and, about the stars, he putteth a seal;
Job 9:8 (show verse)
Who spreadeth out fire heavens, by himself alone! and marcheth along, on the heights of the sea;
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Job 9:9 (show verse)
Who made the Bear, the Giant and the Cluster, and the chambers of the south;
Job 9:10 (show verse)
Who doeth great things, past finding out, and marvels, beyond number.
Job 9:11 (show verse)
Lo! he cometh upon me, yet can I not see him, Yea he passeth on, yet can I not discern him.
Job 9:12 (show verse)
Lo! he snatcheth away, who can bring it back? Who shall say unto him, What wouldst thou do?
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Job 9:13 (show verse)
As for GOD, if he withdraw not his anger, under him, will have submitted themselves - the proud helpers.
Job 9:14 (show verse)
How much less that, I, should answer him, should choose my words with him?
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Job 9:15 (show verse)
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, to be absolved, I would make supplication.
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Job 9:16 (show verse)
Though I had called, and he had answered me, I could not believe, that he would lend an ear to my voice.
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Job 9:17 (show verse)
For, with a tempest, would he fall upon me, and would multiply my wounds without need;
Job 9:18 (show verse)
He would not suffer me to recover my breath, for he would surfeit me with bitter things.
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Job 9:19 (show verse)
If it regardeth vigour, bold is he! If justice, who could summon him?
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Job 9:20 (show verse)
If I should justify myself, mine own mouth, would condemn me, - I blameless? then had it shewn me perverse.
Job 9:21 (show verse)
I blameless? I should not know my own soul, I should despise my own life!
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Job 9:22 (show verse)
One thing, there is, for which cause, I have said it, The blameless and the lawless, he bringeth to an end.
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Job 9:23 (show verse)
If, a scourge, slay suddenly, at the despair of innocent ones, he mocketh.
Job 9:24 (show verse)
The earth, hath been given into the hand of a lawless one, The faces of her judges, he covereth, If not, then who is it?
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Job 9:25 (show verse)
My days, therefore, are swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have seen no good.
Job 9:26 (show verse)
They have passed away with boats of paper-reed, like a vulture which rusheth upon food.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Eagles, a type of swiftness
Eagle » The swift flight of
Eagles » A bird of prey
Eagles » Illustrative » (hasting to the prey,) of the swiftness of man's days
Eagles » Eagles, a type of swiftness
natural Life » Is compared to » An eagle hasting to the prey
natural Life » Is compared to » A swift ship
Ships » Described as » Swift
Eagle » The swift flight of
Eagles » A bird of prey
Eagles » Illustrative » (hasting to the prey,) of the swiftness of man's days
Eagles » Eagles, a type of swiftness
natural Life » Is compared to » An eagle hasting to the prey
natural Life » Is compared to » A swift ship
Ships » Described as » Swift
Job 9:27 (show verse)
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will lay aside my sad countenance, and brighten up,
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Job 9:28 (show verse)
I am afraid of all my pains, I know, that thou wilt not pronounce me innocent.
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Job 9:29 (show verse)
I, shall be held guilty, - Wherefore then, in vain, should I toil?
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Job 9:30 (show verse)
Though I bathe myself in snow water, and cleanse, in cleanness itself, my hands,
Job 9:31 (show verse)
Then, in a ditch, wouldst thou plunge me, and mine own clothes should abhor me:
Job 9:32 (show verse)
For he is not a man like myself, whom I might answer, nor could we come together into judgment:
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Job 9:33 (show verse)
There is not, between us, a mediator, who might lay his hand upon us both.
Job 9:34 (show verse)
Let him take from off me his rod, and, his terror, let it not startle me:
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Job 9:35 (show verse)
I could speak, and not be afraid of him, although, not so, am, I, in myself!
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