Job 9:15

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 10:15 : 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction.
  • Job 8:5 : 5 If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty;
  • Job 10:2 : 2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.
  • 1 Kgs 8:38-39 : 38 what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, [or] by all thy people Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: 39 then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and do, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
  • 2 Chr 33:13 : 13 And he prayed unto him; and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah he was God.
  • Job 5:8 : 8 But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;
  • Job 22:27 : 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee; And thou shalt pay thy vows.
  • Job 23:7 : 7 There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
  • Job 34:31-32 : 31 For hath any said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more] : 32 That which I see not teach thou me: If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?
  • Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come with weeping; and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.
  • Dan 9:3 : 3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
  • Dan 9:18 : 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousness, but for thy great mercies' sake.
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
  • 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 9:16
    84%

    16If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.

  • Job 9:14
    84%

    14How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words [to reason] with him?

  • Job 9:32
    80%

    32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.

  • Job 9:19-21
    3 verses
    78%

    19If [we speak] of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, Who, [saith he], will summon me?

    20Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.

    21I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.

  • Job 23:3-7
    5 verses
    77%

    3Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!

    4I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.

    5I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me.

    6Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.

    7There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

  • Job 13:18-19
    2 verses
    77%

    18Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous.

    19Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.

  • Job 19:7
    76%

    7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.

  • Job 13:22
    76%

    22Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me.

  • Job 32:14
    75%

    14For he hath not directed his words against me; Neither will I answer him with your speeches.

  • Job 9:35
    75%

    35Then would I speak, and not fear him; For I am not so in myself.

  • Job 40:8
    75%

    8Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

  • Job 9:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1Then Job answered and said,

    2Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God?

    3If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.

  • Job 31:14
    74%

    14What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

  • Job 33:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just; For God is greater than man.

    13Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?

  • Job 6:10
    73%

    10And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 33:32
    73%

    32If thou hast anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify thee.

  • Job 19:16
    73%

    16I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, [Though] I entreat him with my mouth.

  • Job 31:35
    73%

    35Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); And [that I had] the indictment which mine adversary hath written!

  • Job 13:15
    73%

    15Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.

  • Job 13:3
    73%

    3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.

  • Job 31:28
    73%

    28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.

  • Job 5:8
    73%

    8But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;

  • Ps 143:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1[A Psalm of David]. Hear my prayer, O Jehovah; Give ear to my supplications: In thy faithfulness answer me, [and] in thy righteousness.

    2And enter not into judgment with thy servant; For in thy sight no man living is righteous.

  • Job 10:15
    72%

    15If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction.

  • Job 34:5
    72%

    5For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:

  • Job 10:2
    72%

    2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.

  • Job 14:15
    72%

    15Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.

  • Job 40:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.

    5Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; Yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.

  • Job 9:28-29
    2 verses
    71%

    28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

    29I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?

  • Job 16:17
    71%

    17Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

  • Job 19:5
    71%

    5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach;

  • Job 7:21
    71%

    21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.

  • Jer 2:35
    71%

    35Yet thou saidst, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

  • Job 33:9
    71%

    9I am clean, without transgression; I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me:

  • Job 30:20
    71%

    20I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.

  • Job 16:21
    70%

    21That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!

  • Job 27:6
    70%

    6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.