Job 9:15
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I, who although I should have any just thing, would not answer, but would make supplication to my judge.

though

Job 10:15 And if I be wicked, woe unto me: and if just, I shall not lift up my head, being filled with affliction and misery.

1 Corinthians 4:4 For I am not conscious to myself of anything. Yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

I would

Job 5:8 Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God:

Job 8:5 Yet if thou wilt arise early to God, and wilt beseech the Almighty:

Job 10:2 I will say to God: Do not condemn me: tell me why thou judgest me so?

Job 22:27 Thou shalt pray to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay vows.

Job 34:31,32 Seeing then I have spoken of God, I will not hinder thee in thy turn. . . .

1 Kings 8:38,39 Whatsoever curse or imprecation shall happen to any man of thy people Israel: when a man shall know the wound of his own heart, and shall spread forth his hands in this house; . . .

2 Chronicles 33:13 And he entreated him, and besought him earnestly: and he heard his prayer, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom, and Manasses knew that the Lord was God.

Jeremiah 31:9 They shall come with weeping: and I will bring them back in mercy: and I will bring them through the torrents of waters in a right way, and they shall not stumble in it: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Daniel 9:3,18 And I set my face to the Lord, my God, to pray and make supplication with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. . . .

my judge

Job 23:7 Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.

1 Peter 2:23 Who, when he was reviled, did not revile: when he suffered, he threatened not, but delivered himself to him that judged him unjustly.

Context
Job: How Can I Argue with God?
14What am I then, that I should answer him, and have words with him? 15I, who although I should have any just thing, would not answer, but would make supplication to my judge.16And if he should hear me when I call, I should not believe that he had heard my voice.…
Cross References
Job 8:5
Yet if thou wilt arise early to God, and wilt beseech the Almighty:

Job 9:16
And if he should hear me when I call, I should not believe that he had heard my voice.

Job 9:20
If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would shew myself innocent, he shall prove me wicked.

Job 9:21
Although I should be simple, even this my soul shall be ignorant of, and I shall be weary of my life.

Job 10:15
And if I be wicked, woe unto me: and if just, I shall not lift up my head, being filled with affliction and misery.

Job 40:5
One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said: and another, to which I will add no more.

Lexicon
For
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

even if
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

I were right,
צָ֭דַקְתִּי (ṣā·ḏaq·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6663: To be just or righteous

I could not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

answer.
אֶעֱנֶ֑ה (’e·‘ĕ·neh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6030: To answer, respond

I could only beg my Judge
לִ֝מְשֹׁפְטִ֗י (lim·šō·p̄ə·ṭî)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

for mercy.
אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃ (’eṯ·ḥan·nān)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2603: To bend, stoop in kindness to an inferior, to favor, bestow, to implore


Additional Translations
For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.

For though I be righteous, he will not hearken to me: I will intreat his judgment.

Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.

Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to mine adversary.

Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn't answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.

Whom, though I were righteous, I answer not, For my judgment I make supplication.
Jump to Previous
Able Accuser Appeal Cause Contendeth Good Grace Implore Innocent Judge Judgment Mercy Plead Request Right Righteous Supplication Wouldn't
Jump to Next
Able Accuser Appeal Cause Contendeth Good Grace Implore Innocent Judge Judgment Mercy Plead Request Right Righteous Supplication Wouldn't
External Links
Job 9:15 NIV
Job 9:15 NLT
Job 9:15 ESV
Job 9:15 NASB
Job 9:15 ASV

Job 9:15 Bible Apps
Job 9:15 Biblia Paralela
Job 9:15 Chinese Bible
Job 9:15 French Bible
Job 9:15 German Bible

Alphabetical: answer could for have him I implore innocent Judge mercy my not of only plead right the Though to were with would

OT Poetry: Job 9:15 Though I were righteous yet I wouldn't (Jb) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools

Job 9:14
Top of Page
Top of Page