TheWay BibleJob 9:15 KJV
Job · chapter 9 · verse 15
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.Job 9:15 · King James Version
Job 9:15 in context
13If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
14How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
15Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
16If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
17For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- supplicationchânanproperly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferiorH2603 →
- righteoustsâdaqto be rightH6663 →
- answerʻânâhproperly, to eye or to heedH6030 →
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What Job had said of man's utter inability to contend with God he here applies to himself, and in effect despairs of gaining his favour, which (some think) arises from the hard thoughts he had of God, as one who, having set himself against him, right or wrong, would be too hard for him.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-21