Verse 17
Job 9:17
English Revised Version
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For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֲשֶׁר בִּ/שְׂעָרָ֥ה יְשׁוּפֵ֑/נִי וְ/הִרְבָּ֖ה פְצָעַ֣/י חִנָּֽם
English Translation
Who will crush me in my hair and increase my wounds for nothing?
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 9 Context
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Then Job answered and said,
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Of a truth I know that it is so: but how can man be just with God (Elohim)?
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If he be pleased to contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
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He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?
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Which removeth the mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger.
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Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
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Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
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Which alone stretcheth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
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Which maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
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Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, marvelous things without number.
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Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
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Behold, he seizeth the prey, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
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God (Elohim) will not withdraw his anger; the helpers of Rahab do stoop under him.
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How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
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Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to mine adversary.
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If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.
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For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
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He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
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If we speak of the strength of the mighty, lo, he is there! and if of judgment, who will appoint me...
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Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: though I be perfect, it shall prove me perve...
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I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.
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It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
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If the scourge slay suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
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The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if it b...
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Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
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They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
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If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer:
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I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
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I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?
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If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
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Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
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For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.
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There is no daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
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Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid:
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Then would I speak, and not fear him; for I am not so in myself.
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