Job 9:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. I am afraid of all my sorrows - Coverdale translates, after the Vulgate, Then am I afrayed of all my workes. Even were I to cease from complaining, I fear lest not one of my works, however well intentioned, would stand thy scrutiny, or meet with thy approbation.

Thou wilt not hold me innocent - Coverdale, after the Vulgate, For I knowe thou favourest not an evil doer; but this is not the sense of the original: Thou wilt not acquit me so as to take away my afflictions from me.

Job 9:28

28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.