Job 9:15

In 11 translations

BSB

For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.

KJV

Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

WEB

Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn’t answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.

ASV

Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.

LSV

Whom, though I were righteous, I do not answer, || For my judgment I make supplication.

YLT

Whom, though I were righteous, I answer not, For my judgment I make supplication.

DBY

Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.

DRC

I, who although I should have any just thing, would not answer, but would make supplication to my judge.

GNV

For though I were iust, yet could I not answere, but I would make supplication to my Iudge.

JPS

Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to Him that contendeth with me.

LXXE

For though I be righteous, he will not hearken to me: I will intreat his judgment.

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WLC

אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִם־צָ֭דַקְתִּי לֹ֣א אֶעֱנֶ֑ה לִ֝מְשֹׁפְטִ֗י אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃

LXX-Br

Ἐὰν γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος, οὐκ εἰσακούσεταί μου, τοῦ κρίματος αὐτοῦ δεηθήσομαι·

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• Job 10:15If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.
• Job 8:5But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
• 1 Peter 2:23When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
• Job 10:2I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
• Job 5:8However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
• Job 22:27You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
• Job 34:31–32Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more. Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
• 1 Corinthians 4:4My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.
• 1 Kings 8:38–39then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple— be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and…
• Daniel 9:18Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great…
• Job 23:7Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
• Daniel 9:3So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
• 2 Chronicles 33:13And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition; so He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.
• Jeremiah 31:9They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My…

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