Job 9:15

Geneva Bible (1560)

For though I were iust, yet could I not answere, but I would make supplicatio to my Iudge.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 10:15 : 15 If I haue done wickedly, wo vnto me: if I haue done righteously, I will not lift vp mine head, being full of confusion, because I see mine affliction.
  • Job 8:5 : 5 Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God, and pray to the Almightie,
  • Job 10:2 : 2 I will say vnto God, Condemne mee not: shew me, wherefore thou contendest with mee.
  • 1 Kgs 8:38-39 : 38 Then what prayer, and supplication so euer shalbe made of any man or of all thy people Israel, when euery one shall knowe the plague in his owne heart, and stretch foorth his handes in this house, 39 Heare thou then in heauen, in thy dwelling place, and be mercifull, and doe, and giue euery man according to all his wayes, as thou knowest his heart, (for thou only knowest the heartes of all the children of men)
  • 2 Chr 33:13 : 13 And prayed vnto him: and God was entreated of him, and heard his prayer, and brought him againe to Ierusalem into his kingdome: then Manasseh knewe that the Lorde was God.
  • Job 5:8 : 8 But I would inquire at God, and turne my talke vnto God:
  • Job 22:27 : 27 Thou shalt make thy praier vnto him, & he shal heare thee, & thou shalt render thy vowes.
  • Job 23:7 : 7 There the righteous might reason with him, so I shoulde be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.
  • Job 34:31-32 : 31 Surely it appertaineth vnto God to say, I haue pardoned, I will not destroy. 32 But if I see not, teach thou me: if I haue done wickedly, I will doe no more.
  • Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come weeping, and with mercie will I bring them againe: I will lead them by the riuers of water in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first borne.
  • Dan 9:3 : 3 And I turned my face vnto the Lord God, and sought by prayer and supplications with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
  • Dan 9:18 : 18 O my God, encline thine eare and heare: open thine eyes, and beholde our desolations, and the citie whereupon thy Name is called: for we doe not present our supplications before thee for our owne righteousnes, but for thy great tender mercies.
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I know nothing by my selfe, yet am I not thereby iustified: but he that iudgeth me, is the Lord.
  • 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 Who when hee was reuiled, reuiled not againe: when hee suffered, hee threatned not, but comitted it to him that iudgeth righteously.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 16 If I cry, and he answere me, yet woulde I not beleeue, that he heard my voyce.

  • 14 Howe much lesse shall I answere him? or howe should I finde out my words with him?

  • 32 For he is not a man as I am, that I shoulde answere him, if we come together to iudgement.

  • Job 9:19-21
    3 verses
    78%

    19 If we speake of strength, behold, he is strog: if we speake of iudgement, who shall bring me in to pleade?

    20 If I woulde iustifie my selfe, mine owne mouth shall condemne mee: if I would be perfite, he shall iudge me wicked.

    21 Though I were perfite, yet I knowe not my soule: therefore abhorre I my life.

  • Job 23:3-7
    5 verses
    77%

    3 Would God yet I knew how to finde him, I would enter vnto his place.

    4 I would pleade the cause before him, & fill my mouth with arguments.

    5 I would knowe the wordes, that he would answere me, & would vnderstand what he would say vnto me.

    6 Would he plead against me with his great power? No, but he would put strength in me.

    7 There the righteous might reason with him, so I shoulde be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.

  • Job 13:18-19
    2 verses
    77%

    18 Beholde nowe: if I prepare me to iudgement, I knowe that I shalbe iustified.

    19 Who is he, that will pleade with me? for if I nowe holde my tongue, I dye.

  • 7 Beholde, I crie out of violence, but I haue none answere: I crie, but there is no iudgement.

  • 22 Then call thou, and I will answere: or let me speake, and answere thou me.

  • 14 Yet hath he not directed his words to me, neyther will I answere him by your wordes.

  • 35 Then will I speake, & feare him not: but because I am not so, I holde me still.

  • 8 (40:3) Wilt thou disanul my iudgement? or wilt thou condemne me, that thou mayst be iustified?

  • Job 9:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1 Then Iob answered, and sayd,

    2 I knowe verily that it is so: for howe should man compared vnto God, be iustified?

    3 If I would dispute with him, hee could not answere him one thing of a thousand.

  • 14 What then shal I do when God standeth vp? & when he shal visit me, what shal I answere?

  • Job 33:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 Behold, in this hast thou not done right: I will answere thee, that God is greater then man.

    13 Why doest thou striue against him? for he doeth not giue account of all his matters.

  • 10 Then should I yet haue comfort, (though I burne with sorowe, let him not spare) because I haue not denyed the wordes of the Holy one.

  • 32 If there be matter, answere me, and speak: for I desire to iustifie thee.

  • 16 I called my seruant, but he would not answere, though I prayed him with my mouth.

  • 35 Oh that I had some to heare me! beholde my signe that the Almightie will witnesse for me: though mine aduersary should write a booke against me,

  • 15 Loe, though he slay me, yet will I trust in him, and I will reprooue my wayes in his sight.

  • 3 But I will speake to the Almightie, and I desire to dispute with God.

  • 28 (This also had bene an iniquitie to be condemned: for I had denied the God aboue)

  • 8 But I would inquire at God, and turne my talke vnto God:

  • Ps 143:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 A Psalme of Dauid. Heare my prayer, O Lorde, and hearken vnto my supplication: answere me in thy trueth and in thy righteousnes.

    2 (And enter not into iudgement with thy seruant: for in thy sight shall none that liueth, be iustified)

  • 15 If I haue done wickedly, wo vnto me: if I haue done righteously, I will not lift vp mine head, being full of confusion, because I see mine affliction.

  • 5 For Iob hath saide, I am righteous, & God hath taken away my iudgement.

  • 2 I will say vnto God, Condemne mee not: shew me, wherefore thou contendest with mee.

  • 15 Thou shalt call me, and I shall answere thee: thou louest the worke of thine own hands.

  • Job 40:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4 (39:37) Beholde, I am vile: what shall I answere thee? I will lay mine hand vpon my mouth.

    5 (39:38) Once haue I spoken, but I will answere no more, yea twise, but I will proceede no further.

  • Job 9:28-29
    2 verses
    71%

    28 Then I am afrayd of all my sorowes, knowing that thou wilt not iudge me innocent.

    29 If I be wicked, why labour I thus in vaine?

  • 17 Though there be no wickednesse in mine hands, and my prayer be pure.

  • 5 But in deede if ye will aduance your selues against me, and rebuke me for my reproche,

  • 21 And why doest thou not pardon my trespasse? and take away mine iniquitie? for nowe shall I sleepe in the dust, and if thou seekest me in the morning, I shall not be found.

  • 35 Yet thou saiest, Because I am giltles, surely his wrath shall turne from mee: beholde, I will enter with thee into iudgement, because thou saiest, I haue not sinned.

  • 9 I am cleane, without sinne: I am innocent, and there is none iniquitie in me.

  • 20 Whe I cry vnto thee, thou doest not heare me, neither regardest me, when I stand vp.

  • 21 Oh that a man might pleade with God, as man with his neighbour!

  • 6 I will keepe my righteousnesse, and wil not forsake it: mine heart shall not reprooue me of my dayes.