Job 9:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 10:15 : 15 That, if I was an evil-doer, the curse would come on me; and if I was upright, my head would not be lifted up, being full of shame and overcome with trouble.
  • Job 8:5 : 5 If you will make search for God with care, and put your request before the Ruler of all;
  • Job 10:2 : 2 I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.
  • 1 Kgs 8:38-39 : 38 Whatever prayer or request for your grace is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, whatever his trouble may be, whose hands are stretched out to this house: 39 Give ear in heaven your living-place, acting in mercy; and give to every man whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of all the children of men:
  • 2 Chr 33:13 : 13 And made prayer to him; and in answer to his prayer God let him come back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh was certain that the Lord was God.
  • Job 5:8 : 8 But as for me, I would make my prayer to God, and I would put my cause before him:
  • Job 22:27 : 27 You will make your prayer to him, and be answered; and you will give effect to your oaths.
  • Job 23:7 : 7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.
  • Job 34:31-32 : 31 ... 32 ...
  • Jer 31:9 : 9 They will come with weeping, and going before them I will be their guide: guiding them by streams of water in a straight way where there is no falling: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is the first of my sons.
  • Dan 9:3 : 3 And turning my face to the Lord God, I gave myself up to prayer, requesting his grace, going without food, in haircloth and dust.
  • Dan 9:18 : 18 O my God, let your ear be turned and give hearing; let your eyes be open and see how we have been made waste and the town which is named by your name: for we are not offering our prayers before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercies.
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.
  • 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 To sharp words he gave no sharp answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lips; but he put himself into the hands of the judge of righteousness:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 9:16
    84%

    16 If I had sent for him to be present, and he had come, I would have no faith that he would give ear to my voice.

  • Job 9:14
    84%

    14 How much less may I give an answer to him, using the right words in argument with him?

  • Job 9:32
    80%

    32 For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.

  • Job 9:19-21
    3 verses
    78%

    19 If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?

    20 Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.

    21 I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.

  • Job 23:3-7
    5 verses
    77%

    3 If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!

    4 I would put my cause in order before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments.

    5 I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.

    6 Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me.

    7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

  • Job 13:18-19
    2 verses
    77%

    18 See now, I have put my cause in order, and I am certain that I will be seen to be right.

    19 Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

  • Job 19:7
    76%

    7 Truly, I make an outcry against the violent man, but there is no answer: I give a cry for help, but no one takes up my cause.

  • Job 13:22
    76%

    22 Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer.

  • Job 32:14
    75%

    14 I will not put forward words like these, or make use of your sayings in answer to him.

  • Job 9:35
    75%

    35 Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.

  • Job 40:8
    75%

    8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

  • Job 9:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1 And Job made answer and said,

    2 Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?

    3 If a man was desiring to go to law with him, he would not be able to give him an answer to one out of a thousand questions.

  • Job 31:14
    74%

    14 What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?

  • Job 33:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.

    13 Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?

  • Job 6:10
    73%

    10 So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 33:32
    73%

    32 If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

  • Job 19:16
    73%

    16 At my cry my servant gives me no answer, and I have to make a prayer to him.

  • Job 31:35
    73%

    35 If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!

  • Job 13:15
    73%

    15 Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him;

  • Job 13:3
    73%

    3 But I would have talk with the Ruler of all, and my desire is to have an argument with God.

  • Job 31:28
    73%

    28 That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.

  • Job 5:8
    73%

    8 But as for me, I would make my prayer to God, and I would put my cause before him:

  • Ps 143:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 <A Psalm. Of David.> Let my prayer come to you, O Lord; give ear to my requests for your grace; keep faith with me, and give me an answer in your righteousness;

    2 Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.

  • Job 10:15
    72%

    15 That, if I was an evil-doer, the curse would come on me; and if I was upright, my head would not be lifted up, being full of shame and overcome with trouble.

  • Job 34:5
    72%

    5 For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;

  • Job 10:2
    72%

    2 I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.

  • Job 14:15
    72%

    15 At the sound of your voice I would give an answer, and you would have a desire for the work of your hands.

  • Job 40:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4 Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?

    5 Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:

  • Job 9:28-29
    2 verses
    71%

    28 I go in fear of all my pains; I am certain that I will not be free from sin in your eyes.

    29 You will not let me be clear of sin! why then do I take trouble for nothing?

  • Job 16:17
    71%

    17 Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.

  • Job 19:5
    71%

    5 If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,

  • Job 7:21
    71%

    21 And why do you not take away my sin, and let my wrongdoing be ended? for now I go down to the dust, and you will be searching for me with care, but I will be gone.

  • Jer 2:35
    71%

    35 And still you said, I have done no wrong; truly, his wrath is turned away from me. See, I will take up the cause against you, because you say, I have done no wrong.

  • Job 33:9
    71%

    9 I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:

  • Job 30:20
    71%

    20 You give no answer to my cry, and take no note of my prayer.

  • Job 16:21
    70%

    21 So that he may give decision for a man in his cause with God, and between a son of man and his neighbour.

  • Job 27:6
    70%

    6 I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.