Chapter 9
I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
how
4:17 14:3,4 25:4 32:2 33:9 34:5 1 Kings 8:46 Psalms 130:3 143:2 Romans 3:20
with
or, before.
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
he will contend
20,32,33 10:2 23:3-7 31:35-37 33:13 34:14,15 40:2 Isaiah 57:15,16 Romans 9:20
he cannot
Psalms 19:12 40:12 1 John 1:8 3:20
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
wise in heart
19 36:5 Psalms 104:24 136:5 Daniel 2:20 4:34-37 Romans 11:33 Ephesians 1:8,19 Ephesians 3:10,20 Jude 1:24,25
who hath hardened
6:10 15:23-27 40:9 Exodus 9:14-17 14:17,18 Proverbs 28:14 29:1 Daniel 5:20-30 1 Corinthians 10:22
Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
removeth
28:9 Psalms 46:2 68:8 114:6 Isaiah 40:12 Habakkuk 3:6,10 Zechariah 4:7 Matthew 21:21 1 Corinthians 13:2 Revelation 6:14 11:13
which overturneth
Numbers 1:5,6 Zechariah 14:4,5 Matthew 27:51 Luke 21:11 Revelation 16:18-20
Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
shaketh
Isaiah 2:19,21 13:13,14 24:1,19,20 Haggai 2:6,21 Hebrews 12:26 Revelation 20:11
the pillars
26:11 38:4-7 1 Samuel 2:8 Psalms 75:3 114:7 Jeremiah 4:24 Joel 2:10
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
commandeth
Exodus 10:21,22 Joshua 10:12 Daniel 4:35 Amos 4:13 8:9 Matthew 24:29
sealeth
37:7 38:12-15,19,20 Isaiah 13:10 Ezekiel 32:7 Luke 21:25,26
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
Which
37:18 Genesis 1:6,7 Psalms 33:6 104:2,3 Isaiah 40:22 42:5 44:24 Jeremiah 10:11 Zechariah 12:1
treadeth
38:11 Psalms 93:3,4 Matthew 14:25-30 John 6:19
waves
Heb. heights.
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
maketh
38:31,32-41 Genesis 1:16 Psalms 147:4 Amos 5:8
Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades
Heb. Ash, Cesil, and Cimah. the chambers.
Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
great things
5:9 26:12-14 37:23 Psalms 71:15 72:18 Ecclesiastes 3:11 Isaiah 40:26-28 Romans 11:33 Ephesians 3:20
wonders
Exodus 15:11 Psalms 136:4 Daniel 4:2,3
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
he goeth
23:8,9 35:14 Psalms 77:19 1 Timothy 6:16
Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
he taketh
23:13 34:29 Daniel 4:35 Ephesians 1:11
hinder him
Heb. turn him away.
What
33:13 Isaiah 45:9 Jeremiah 18:6 Matthew 11:26 20:15 Romans 9:18-20 11:34
If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
the proud helpers
Heb. the helpers of pride, or strength.
26:12 40:9-11 Isaiah 30:7 31:2,3 James 4:6,7
How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
How much
shall I
choose
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
though
I would
5:8 8:5 10:2 22:27 34:31,32 1 Kings 8:38,39 2 Chronicles 33:13 Jeremiah 31:9 Daniel 9:3,18
my judge
If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
If I had
would I
29:24 Exodus 6:9 Judges 6:13 Psalms 126:1 Luke 24:41 Acts 12:14-16
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
For he
16:14 Psalms 29:5 42:7 83:15 Isaiah 28:17 Jeremiah 23:19 Ezekiel 13:13 Matthew 7:27 12:20
multiplieth
without cause
2:3 16:17 34:6 Psalms 25:3 John 9:3 15:25
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
will not
7:19 Psalms 39:13 88:7,15-18 Lamentations 3:3,18
filleth me
3:20 Lamentations 3:15,19 Hebrews 12:11
If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
he is strong
4 36:17-19 40:9,10 Psalms 62:11 Matthew 6:13 1 Corinthians 1:25 10:22
who shall
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
justify
2 4:17 32:1,2 Psalms 130:3 143:2 Luke 10:29 16:15
mine
15:5,6 34:35 35:16 Proverbs 10:19 Isaiah 6:5 Matthew 12:36,37 James 3:2
I am perfect
it shall
33:8-13 Proverbs 17:20 1 Timothy 6:5
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
yet would
Psalms 139:23,24 Proverbs 28:26 Jeremiah 17:9,10 1 Corinthians 4:4 1 John 3:20
I would
This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
He destroyeth
Ecclesiastes 9:1-3 Ezekiel 21:3,4 Luke 13:2-4
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
If the
he will
4:7 8:20 2 Samuel 14:15,17 Psalms 44:22 Ezekiel 14:19-21 21:13 Hebrews 11:36,37
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
earth
12:6-10 21:7-15 Psalms 17:14 73:3-7 Jeremiah 12:1,2 Daniel 4:17 5:18-21 Daniel 7:7-28 Habakkuk 1:14-17
he covereth
2 Samuel 15:30 19:4 Esther 6:12 7:8 Jeremiah 14:4
if not
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
swifter
a post
Rotz, a runner, or courier; some of whom are said to go 150 miles in less than 24 hours.
they flee away
Psalms 39:5,11 89:47 90:9,10 James 4:14
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
swift ships
Heb. ships of desire, or, ships of Ebeh. as the eagle.
39:27-30 2 Samuel 1:23 Proverbs 23:5 Jeremiah 4:13 Lamentations 4:19 Habakkuk 1:8
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
7:13 Psalms 77:2,3 Jeremiah 8:18
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
afraid
I know
2,20,21 14:16 Exodus 20:7 Psalms 130:3
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
22 10:7,14-17 21:16,17,27 22:5-30 Psalms 73:13 Jeremiah 2:35
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
Psalms 26:6 Proverbs 28:13 Isaiah 1:16-18 Jeremiah 2:22 4:14 Romans 10:3 1 John 1:8
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
shalt
mine
Isaiah 59:6 64:6 Philippians 3:8,9
abhor me
or, make me to be abhorred.
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
not a man
33:12 35:5-7 Numbers 23:19 1 Samuel 16:7 Ecclesiastes 6:10 Isaiah 45:9 Jeremiah 49:19 Romans 9:20 1 John 3:20
we should
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
is there
19 1 Samuel 2:25 Psalms 106:23 1 John 2:1,2
daysman
Heb. one that should argue, or, umpire. that might.
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
let not
13:11,20-22 23:15 31:23 33:7 37:1 Psalms 39:10 90:11
but it is not so with me
Heb. but I am not so with myself.
Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.