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Job 9

Job 9:13

Job: How Can I Contend with God? · Job 9:1–35
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Translations

Modern
God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
Traditional
If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
Literal
God will not turn aside His nose—beneath Him bowed the helpers of Rahab!
Latin
Deus, cujus iræ nemo resistere potest, et sub quo curvantur qui portant orbem.

Original

Hebrew
English
God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.

Notes

Job 9:13

the helpers of Rahab: Job described the power of demons as mythical sea monsters that represented chaos. This kind of imagery appears in other parts of the Bible as well (26:12; Psalm 89:11; Isaiah 51:9).

Job 9:1–35

Job answered Bildad by describing God's universal and legal power. His speech resembles a complex legal case.

It includes:

  1. A summons and response (9:3, 14–16, 19b, 32).

  2. The risk of proving himself guilty (9:20).

  3. A "mediator" (9:33–34).

  4. A question of accusation (9:12).

  5. A legal sentence (9:22).

  6. A declaration of guilt (9:28–30).

Events

People

Rahab: A poetic name for Egypt, representing a mythical sea monster

Glossary

Book of Job

Topics

God: Power of God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To The Anger of God: Cannot be Resisted