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Job 9:17 KJV

Job · chapter 9 · verse 17

For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.Job 9:17 · King James Version

Job 9:17 in context

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.

18He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

19If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

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Commentary

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

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