Job 9:20

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me - That is, referring still to the form of a judicial trial, if I should undertake to manage...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: (o) [if I say], I [am] perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. (o) If I stood in my own defe...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 9:1-24 is Job's answer to the position taken up by Bildad, viz. that the Almighty cannot judge falsely ( Job 8:3 ). In Job 2 accepts the gene...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 459 THE EVIL OF A SELF-JUSTIFYING SPIRIT Job 9:20-21 . If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect,...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say , I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. If I justify myself - God must hav...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If I justify myself— If I call myself righteous, my mouth shall condemn me: if innocent, it shall prove me perverse; Job 9:21 . Innocent, or...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. If I justify myself. Maurer tr...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Second Speech ( Job 9:10 ) Job 9:10 are, perhaps, in their religious and moral aspects the most difficult in the book. Driver in his 'Int...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job speaks. Render, 'Though I am innocent, a word may put me in the wrong; though I am upright, He can pervert me.' It is therefore useless to plead....
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

X. THE THOUGHT OF A DAYSMAN Job 9:1-35 ; Job 10:1-22 Job SPEAKS IT is with an infinitely sad restatement of what God has been made to appear t...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Daysman” Job 9:1-35 Ponder the sublimity of the conceptions of God given in this magnificent passage. To God are attributed the earthquake...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job now answered Bildad. He first admitted the truth of the general proposition, Of a truth I know that it is so; and then propounded the great que...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(13) If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. (14) В¶ How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to r...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If I justify myself ,.... Seek for justification by his own righteousness, trust in himself that he was righteous, say that he was so, and pronounce...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: [if I say], I [am] perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. Ver. 20. If I justify myself ]...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If I justify myself If I plead against God my own righteousness and innocence; my own mouth shall condemn me God is so infinitely wise, and just,...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

HOW CAN MAN BE JUST BEFORE GOD? (vv.1-13) Job's reply to Bildad occupies two Chapter s, 35 verses longer than Bildad's arguments had taken. But...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? 15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not an...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

If I plead against God mine own righteousness and innocency, God is so infinitely wise and just, that he will find sufficient matter of condemnation...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

JOB’S REPLY TO BILDAD Strongly affirms the truth of Bildad’s speech as to God’s justice ( Job 9:1 ). Declares the impossibility of fallen man es...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 9:5 . Removeth the mountains, by earthquakes. The great mountain ranges have continuous caverns, with interior rivers and lakes. Where liases,...
The Biblical Illustrator

Which doeth great things past finding out. Job’s idea of what God is to mankind He regards the Eternal as-- I. Inscrutable. 1. In His wor...
The Biblical Illustrator

If I justify myself. The folly of self-justification One of Rev. Murray M’Cheyne’s elders was in deep darkness and distress for a few weeks, bu...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 9:1-18 Job, in answer to Bildad, admits the truth of his arguments, but declines to attempt the justification which can alon...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job's Defense Against Suspicion. Both Eliphaz and Bildad had attempted to fasten upon Job some specific wrong, seeking from him a confession to t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me; even if he were right, the confusion of his speech would condemn him; if I say, I am perfect,...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Justify — If I plead against God mine own righteousness and innocency.

²⁰ If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

Related Commentaries of Job 9:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 9:20