Thematic Bible
Job 9:1 (show verse)
Then Job answered and said,
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Job 9:2 (show verse)
"Truly I know that [it is] so, but how can a human being be just before God?
Job 9:3 (show verse)
If he wants to contend with him, he cannot answer him one [time] in a thousand.
Job 9:4 (show verse)
[He is] wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted him and succeeded?
Job 9:5 (show verse)
"[He is the one] who moves mountains, and they do not know [how], who overturns them in his anger.
Job 9:6 (show verse)
[He is the one] who shakes [the] earth from its place, and its pillars tremble.
Job 9:7 (show verse)
[He is the one] who commands the sun, and it does not rise, {and he seals up the stars}.
Job 9:8 (show verse)
[He is the one] who alone stretches out [the] heavens and [who] tramples on [the] waves of [the] sea.
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Job 9:9 (show verse)
[He is the one] who made [the] Bear [and] Orion, [the] Pleiades and [the] constellations of [the] south.
Job 9:10 (show verse)
[He is the one] who does great things {beyond understanding} and marvelous things {beyond number}.
Job 9:11 (show verse)
"{If} he passes by me, {I would not see him}; and [if] he should move on, {I would not recognize him}.
Job 9:12 (show verse)
{If} he would snatch away, who could turn him? Who could say to him, 'What are you doing?'
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Job 9:13 (show verse)
God will not turn back his anger; beneath him the helpers of Rahab bow.
Job 9:14 (show verse)
{How much less} can I myself answer him? [How] can I choose my words with him,
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Job 9:15 (show verse)
whom I cannot answer, even though I am righteous? From my judge I must implore grace.
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Job 9:16 (show verse)
If I summon [him], and he should answer me, I do not believe that he will listen to my voice--
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Job 9:17 (show verse)
who crushes me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause.
Job 9:18 (show verse)
He will not allow me to {catch} my breath; rather, he will fill me with bitterness.
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Job 9:19 (show verse)
If {it is a matter of} strength, look, [he is] mighty. But if {it is a matter of} justice, who can summon me?
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Job 9:20 (show verse)
Even though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me; [even though] I [am] blameless, yet it would pronounce me guilty.
Job 9:21 (show verse)
"I [am] blameless; I do not care about myself; I loathe my life.
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Job 9:22 (show verse)
It [is all] one; therefore I say, 'He destroys [both the] blameless and [the] wicked.'
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Job 9:23 (show verse)
When the whip kills suddenly, he mocks at [the] despair of [the] innocent.
Job 9:24 (show verse)
The earth is given into [the] hand of [the] wicked; he covers the face of its judge-- if [it is] not [he], then who [is] it?
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Job 9:25 (show verse)
"And my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they do not see good.
Job 9:26 (show verse)
They go by like papyrus skiffs, like an eagle swoops down on [its] prey.
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)
Though {I say}, 'I will forget my complaint; I will change my expression, and I will rejoice,'
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Job 9:28 (show verse)
I become afraid of all my sufferings; I know that you do not consider me innocent.
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Job 9:29 (show verse)
[If] I shall be [declared] guilty, why then should I labor in vain?
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Job 9:30 (show verse)
If I wash myself with soap, and I cleanse my hands with lye,
Job 9:31 (show verse)
then you plunge me into the [slime] pit, and my clothes abhor me.
Job 9:32 (show verse)
"For [he is] not a mortal like me [that] I can answer him, [that] {we can come to trial together}.
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Job 9:33 (show verse)
There is no arbiter between us [that] he might lay his hand on both of us.
Job 9:34 (show verse)
May he remove his rod from me, and let his dread not terrify me;
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Job 9:35 (show verse)
[then] I would speak and not fear him, for {in myself I am not fearful}.
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