Job 9:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ Though I am innocent, I cannot answer him; I must appeal to my accuser for my right.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, But I would make supplication to my judge.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ Whom, though I were righteous (upright and innocent) yet I could not answer? I must appeal for mercy to my Opponent and Judge [for my right].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Even if I’m innocent, I can’t answer; I must plead for justice.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And if I now have any justice, I will not respond, but will beseech my judge.

Job 9:15 Cross References

Job 10:15

If I am wicked, woe to me! If I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and look upon my affliction.

Job 8:5

If you will seek God and make supplication to the Almighty,

1 Peter 2:23

When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.

Job 22:27

You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will pay your vows.

Job 10:2

I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.

Job 5:8

“As for me, I would seek God, and to God I would commit my cause.

1 Corinthians 4:4

I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.

Daniel 9:18

Incline your ear, O my God, and hear. Open your eyes and look at our desolation and the city that bears your name. We do not present our supplication before you on the ground of our righteousness but on the ground of your great mercies.

Daniel 9:3

Then I turned to the Lord God to seek an answer by prayer and supplication with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

Jeremiah 31:9

With weeping they shall come, and with consolations I will lead them back; I will let them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path where they shall not stumble, for I have become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Job 23:7

There the upright could reason with him, and I should be acquitted forever by my judge.

2 Chronicles 33:13

He prayed to him, and God received his entreaty, heard his plea, and restored him again to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord indeed was God.

Job 9:16

If I summoned him and he answered me, I do not believe that he would listen to my voice.

Job 9:20

Though I am innocent, my own mouth would condemn me; though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.

Job 9:21

I am blameless; I do not know myself; I loathe my life.

Job 40:5

I have spoken once, and I will not answer, twice but will proceed no further.”