Job 9:21
“Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
This is one thing,.... Or "one thing there is" (x) in the world, as Jarchi adds; or "one measure", as the Targum, to…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Though I were perfect - The same mode of expression occurs here again. “I perfect! I would not know it, or recognize it.…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 9:14-21
What Job had said of man's utter inability to contend with God he here applies to himself, and in effect despairs of…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
I am perfect! I regard not myself,
I despise my life.
The speaker in Job 9:9 is God, at least it is He who uses the…
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