Job 9:35

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

Modern

Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.

Traditional

Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

Literal

I would speak and not be afraid of Him; but I am not thus with me.

Latin

Loquar, et non timebo eum; neque enim possum metuens respondere.

Hebrew

English

Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.

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

It includes:

A summons and response (9:3, 14–16, 19b, 32).
The risk of proving himself guilty (9:20).
A "mediator" (9:33–34).
A question of accusation (9:12).
A legal sentence (9:22).
A declaration of guilt (9:28–30).

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