Job 9:34
in Job 9Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid:
KJV
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
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This verse in Job 9
Commentary
9 notes on this verseLet Him take away His rod from Me, and let not His fear terrify me. MYSTICAL INTERPRETATION For in the Law God held the rod, in that He said, 'If any man do this or that, let him die the death.' But in His Incarnation He removed the rod, in that He shewed the paths of life by mild means. Whence it is said to Him by the Psalmist, Set forward, go forth prosperously and rejoice, because of truth, and meekness, and righteousness.
This site's exposition
For He is not a man like me
on Job 9:32-35
"For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him" states the imbalance, an opponent Job cannot meet at law. "Nor is there a mediator between us" is the first rung of a ladder the book climbs again at 16:19 and 19:25.
This site's exposition
Let Him remove His rod from me
Clarke reports that Masoretic Bibles write His rod with a large letter teth, the numeral nine. The Masora read it as the nine calamities Job had suffered. Barnes hears Job asking God to remove His rod and His terror so that the two could meet in court.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Since, as has been said, he intends to investigate why the innocent are punished in the world, he shows in conclusion what could impede him from this investigation and with what intention he wishes to make this investigation. He could be impeded from this investigation …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Fear - The fear and dread of his majesty and justice. Let him not deal with me according to his perfect justice, but according to his grace and clemency.
Let him take his rod away from me,....
"Let that be removed; let me recover the sight of his mercy, and not be amazed with the sight of nothing but his terrors, and then I would speak and order my cause before him. But it is not so with me; the cloud is not at all dissipated; the wrath of God still fastens upon me, and preys on my spirits, as much as ever; and what to do I know not." 2.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Let him take his rod away - In the Masoretic Bibles, the word שבטו shibto, his rod, is written with a large ט teth, as above; and as the letter in numerals stands for 9, the Masora says the word was thus written to show the nine calamities under which Job had suffered, and which he wished God to remove.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Let him take his rod away from me - Let him suspend my sufferings, and let us come together on equal terms. His terror now is upon me, and I can do nothing. I am oppressed, and broken down, and crushed under his hand, and I could not hope to maintain my cause with any degree of success. If my sufferings were lightened, and I could approach the question with the rigor of health and the power of reasoning unweakened by calamity, I could then do justice to the views which I entertain. Now there would be obvious disparity, while one of the parties has crushed and enervated the other by the mere exercise of power.
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יָסֵ֣ר | yaser | let him remove | H5493 → | 299 times |
| מֵעָלַ֣י | mealai | from on <the> me | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שִׁבְט֑וֹ | shivto | rod his | H7626 → | 190 times |
| וְ֝אֵמָת֗וֹ | veemato | and dread his | H367 → | 17 times |
| אַֽל־ | ʾal- | may not | H408 → | 724 times |
| תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃ | tevaatani | it terrify me | H1204 → | 16 times |
יָסֵ֣רlet him remove
yaserH5493 →299 times
מֵעָלַ֣יfrom on <the> me
mealaiH5921 →5755 times
שִׁבְט֑וֹrod his
shivtoH7626 →190 times
וְ֝אֵמָת֗וֹand dread his
veematoH367 →17 times
אַֽל־may not
ʾal-H408 →724 times
תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃it terrify me
tevaataniH1204 →16 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 39:10Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
it leads to
- Job 13:21
Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 32:4
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 25:16–17
Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.
- Psalms 38:3–4
There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
- Job 13:21
Through
Job 23:15Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
it leads to
- Psalms 119:120
My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 77:3
I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah
- Psalms 119:120
Through
Job 13:11Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall upon you?
it leads to
- Job 31:23
For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 15:16
and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have…
- Job 31:23
Where this verse is studied
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About Job
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Book of Job; Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book IX; Gregory the Great, Morals on the Book of Job; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.