Job 9:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.”
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“For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Whom, though I were righteous, I answer not, For my judgment I make supplication.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 9:15 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 8:38then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
- 2 Chronicles 33:13And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition; so He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.
- Job 5:8However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
- Job 8:5But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
- Job 10:2I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
- Job 10:15If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.
- Job 22:27You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
- Job 23:7Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
- Job 34:31Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
- Jeremiah 31:9They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
- Daniel 9:3So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
- Daniel 9:18Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.
- 1 Corinthians 4:4My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.
- 1 Peter 2:23When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
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