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Job 9:15 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Job 9:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 9:157 words
HebrewMeaning
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
I whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אִםʾim
thoughconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
צָ֭דַקְתִּיṣādaqətiy
I am righteousverbH6663
clear self · (be · do) just(-ice · -ify ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֶעֱנֶ֑הʾeʿĕneh
I will answerverbH6030
afflict (by mistake for
לִ֝/מְשֹׁפְטִ֗/יliməšōpəṭiy
to judge mypronH8199
avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···
אֶתְחַנָּֽןʾetəḥanān
I will seek favorverbH2603
fair · (be · find · shew) favour ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 9:15

Who, though I possessed any thing righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my Judge. For, as we have often said, all human righteousness is proved unrighteousness, if it be judged by strict rules. And so there is need of prayer following after righteousness, that this, which if sifted to the bottom might be brought down, may be firmly established in the mere pitifulness of the Judge. And when this is possessed fully by the more perfect sort, it is…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 9 §27
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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