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A Desperate Plea for a Fair Hearing
Commentators agree that Job is expressing a profound desire to plead his case before God on equal terms. He feels that if his suffering and the terrifying sense of God's majesty were removed, he could speak freely and defend his integrity without fear. It is a cry for a fair hearing, unhindered by his overwhelming circumstances.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 9:35
18th Century
Theologian
Then I would speak, and not fear him - I would then be able to maintain my cause on equal terms and with equal advantages.
But it …
Charles Ellicott
On Job 9:35
19th Century
Bishop
It is not so with me. —Literally, I am not so with me. The words are variously understood:
- “It is not so wit…
John Gill
On Job 9:35
17th Century
Pastor
[Then] would I speak, and not fear him
With a servile fear, though with reverence and godly fear; meaning either at …
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Matthew Henry
On Job 9:25–35
17th Century
Minister
How little need we have of pastimes, and how great our need is to redeem time, when it runs so quickly toward eternity! How vain are the enjoyments…