Job 9:1
in Job 9Then Job answered:
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Then Job answered and said,
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Then Job answered and said,
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This verse in Job 9
Commentary
3 notes on this verseBlessed Job in his answer above in which he had responded to Eliphaz's words, seemed to have overlooked one argument which Eliphaz had proposed about the justice of God when he said, "Will man ever be justified in comparison with God?" (4:17) He rather seemed …
This site's exposition
Then Job answered
on Job 9:1-4
Job answers Bildad's true doctrine with the question the whole book turns on: "how can a mortal be righteous before God". A man who contends with God "could not answer Him one time out of a thousand," against a party who is both accuser and judge.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Then Job answered and said. Without taking notice of Bildad's harsh expressions and severe censures, or his unfriendliness to him; he enters directly into the argument, grants some things, confutes others, and defends himself and his conduct.
The words behind it
3 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֥עַן | vaiyaan | and he answered | H6030 → | 331 times |
| אִיּ֗וֹב | ʾiyov | Job | H347 → | 58 times |
| וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | vaiyomar | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
וַיַּ֥עַןand he answered
vaiyaanH6030 →331 times
אִיּ֗וֹבJob
ʾiyovH347 →58 times
וַיֹּאמַֽר׃and he said
vaiyomarH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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Who and where
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Job; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.