Job 9:15 · KJV
“Whom, though I were righteous, {yet} would I not answer, {but} I would make supplication to my judge.”
— Job 9:15
How much less shall I answer him, {and} choose out my words {to reason} with him?
If I had called, and he had answered me; {yet} would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
Job 9 — Context
{If} God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. {proud...: Heb. helpers of pride, or, strength}
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.
Cross References
Job 10:15
If I be wicked, woe unto me; and {if} I be righteous, {yet} will I not lift up my head. {I am} full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
Job 8:5
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Job 5:8
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Job 10:2
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
1 Peter 2:23
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed {himself} to him that judgeth righteously: {himself: or, his cause}
Job 22:27
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
Jeremiah 31:9
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim {is} my firstborn. {supplications: or, favours}
Job 23:7
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.