“Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.”
Job wishes there were an arbiter between him and God, someone who might lay a hand on both and so make discourse possible. The wish for a mediator who could create equality reveals Job's longing for conditions under which genuine dialogue might occur. Yet such a mediator does not exist, leaving Job isolated and unheard.
Church Fathers on Job 9:33
Neither is there any that is able to convict both of us, and to lay his hand upon us both. It sounds hard that any should be sought who might convict God, but it will not be hard, if we recall to mind what He Himself says by another Prophet; for He charges us by Isaiah, Cease to do evil, learn to do well. Seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. Come, and convict Me, saith the Lord. For one whom we convict, we encounter with the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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