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Job 9:35

Job 9:35
Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Then would I speak, and not fear him - I should then be able to maintain my cause on equal terms, and with equal advantages. But it is not so with me - Margin, I am not so with myself. Noyes, “I am…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 9:25-35

Job here grows more and more querulous, and does not conclude this chapter with such reverent expressions of God's wisdom and justice as he began with. Those that indulge a complaining humour know not…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

If God would meet Job as a man, removing His afflicting rod and laying aside His awful majesty, Job would speak out his innocence and plead his own cause without fear.

but it is not so with me Rather,…