Job 9:15

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but 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 will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
  • Job 8:5 : 5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
  • Job 10:2 : 2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew 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, which 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 give to every man according to 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 prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.
  • Job 5:8 : 8 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 shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
  • Job 23:7 : 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
  • Job 34:31-32 : 31 Surely it is meet to be 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 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 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.
  • 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 righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I know nothing by 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, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 9:16
    84%

    16If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had 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, and we should come together in judgment.

  • Job 9:19-21
    3 verses
    78%

    19If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

    20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

    21Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would 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 order my cause 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.

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

    7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

  • Job 13:18-19
    2 verses
    77%

    18Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.

    19Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

  • Job 19:7
    76%

    7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

  • Job 13:22
    76%

    22Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

  • Job 32:14
    75%

    14Now 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; but it is not so with me.

  • Job 40:8
    75%

    8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

  • Job 9:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1Then Job answered and said,

    2I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

    3If he will 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, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

    13Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

  • Job 6:10
    73%

    10Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 33:32
    73%

    32If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.

  • Job 19:16
    73%

    16I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

  • Job 31:35
    73%

    35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

  • Job 13:15
    73%

    15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own 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 judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

  • Job 5:8
    73%

    8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

  • Ps 143:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Hear my prayer, O LORD, 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 shall no man living be justified.

  • Job 10:15
    72%

    15If 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 34:5
    72%

    5For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

  • Job 10:2
    72%

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

  • Job 14:15
    72%

    15Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

  • Job 40:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

    5Once have I spoken; but 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.

    29If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

  • Job 16:17
    71%

    17Not for any injustice in mine hands: also 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 sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

  • Jer 2:35
    71%

    35Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead 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 hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.

  • Job 16:21
    70%

    21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

  • 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.