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Job 9:35

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9:35Then108 would I speak and not fear him,

but it is not so with me.109

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Footnotes

  1. 108 There is no conjunction with this cohortative; but the implication from the context is that if God’s rod were withdrawn, if the terror were removed, then Job would speak up without fear.
  2. 109 The last half of the verse is rather cryptic: “but not so I with me.” renders it “but as it now stands with me, I cannot.” This is very smooth and interpretive. Others transpose the two halves of the verse to read, “Since it is not so, I with myself // will commune and not fear him.” Job would be saying that since he cannot contend with God on equal terms, and since there is no arbiter, he will come on his own terms. English versions have handled this differently: “for I know I am not what I am thought to be” (); “since this is not the case with me” (); “I do not see myself like that at all” ().

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then I would speak without fear of him,

for I am not so in myself.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then I would speak up without fear of him,

but as it now stands with me, I cannot.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then I would speak and not fear him.

But that is not the case; I am on my own.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then I could speak to him without fear,

but I cannot do that in my own strength.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

then I would speak and not fear him,

for in myself I am not fearful.

KJV 1900King James Version

Then would I speak, and not fear him;

But it is not so with me.