Job 9:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would plead with my Judge.

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  • Job 10:15 : 15 If I am wicked, woe to me; and if I am righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see my affliction;
  • Job 8:5 : 5 If you would seek God earnestly, and make your supplication to the Almighty;
  • Job 10:2 : 2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why You contend with me.
  • 1 Kgs 8:38-39 : 38 Whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall each know the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: 39 Then hear in heaven your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men;)
  • 2 Chr 33:13 : 13 And he prayed to him, and he was entreated of him and heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God.
  • Job 5:8 : 8 I would seek to God, and to God I would commit my cause:
  • Job 22:27 : 27 You shall make your prayer to Him, and He shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows.
  • Job 23:7 : 7 There the righteous might dispute with him, so I would be delivered forever from my judge.
  • Job 34:31-32 : 31 Surely it is proper to say to God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend anymore; 32 That which I do not see, teach me; if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
  • Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications I will lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, in which 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 toward the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes:
  • Dan 9:18 : 18 O my God, incline Your ear, and hear; open Your eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name: for we do not present our supplications before You for our righteousness, but for Your great mercies.
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I know nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord.
  • 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 Who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges 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 listened to my voice.

  • Job 9:14
    84%

    14How much less shall I answer Him, and choose my words to argue 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 mighty: and if of judgment, who shall set a time for me to plead?

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

    21Though I were perfect, yet I would 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 present my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

    5I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

    6Will he contend with me in his great power? No; but he would strengthen me.

    7There the righteous might dispute with him, so I would be delivered forever from my judge.

  • Job 13:18-19
    2 verses
    77%

    18Behold now, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be justified.

    19Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I keep silent, I shall die.

  • Job 19:7
    76%

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

  • Job 13:22
    76%

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

  • Job 32:14
    75%

    14Now he has not directed his words against me, nor will I answer him with your speeches.

  • Job 9:35
    75%

    35Then I would speak and not fear Him; but it is not so with me.

  • Job 40:8
    75%

    8Will you also annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

  • Job 9:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1Then Job answered and said,

    2I know this is true: but how can a man be righteous before God?

    3If one wishes to contend with Him, he cannot answer Him one in a thousand.

  • Job 31:14
    74%

    14What then shall I do when God rises up? When He visits, what shall I answer Him?

  • Job 33:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12Behold, in this you are not just; I will answer you, that God is greater than man.

    13Why do you strive against Him? For He does not give account of any of His matters.

  • Job 6:10
    73%

    10Then I should still have comfort; yes, 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 you have anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you.

  • Job 19:16
    73%

    16I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I pleaded with 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 my adversary had written a book.

  • Job 13:15
    73%

    15Though he slays me, yet will I trust in him; but I will defend my 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 would be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied the God above.

  • Job 5:8
    73%

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

  • Ps 143:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Hear my prayer, O LORD; give ear to my supplications: in Your faithfulness answer me, and in Your righteousness.

    2And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, for in Your sight no one living shall be justified.

  • Job 10:15
    72%

    15If I am wicked, woe to me; and if I am righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see my affliction;

  • Job 34:5
    72%

    5For Job has said, I am righteous; and God has taken away my justice.

  • Job 10:2
    72%

    2I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why You contend with me.

  • Job 14:15
    72%

    15You shall call, and I will answer You; You will have a desire for the work of Your hands.

  • Job 40:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my 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 You will not hold me innocent.

    29If I am wicked, why then do I labor in vain?

  • Job 16:17
    71%

    17Not for any injustice in my hands; also, my prayer is pure.

  • Job 19:5
    71%

    5If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me and plead against me my reproach,

  • Job 7:21
    71%

    21And why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now shall I sleep in the dust, and you shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

  • Jer 2:35
    71%

    35Yet you say, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with you, because you say, 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 to You, and You do not hear me: I stand up, and You regard me not.

  • Job 16:21
    70%

    21Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!

  • Job 27:6
    70%

    6My righteousness I hold fast and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach me as long as I live.