Job 9:13
If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
Job 9:13 in other translations
| BSB | God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him. |
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| WEB | “God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him. |
| ASV | God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him. |
| YLT | God doth not turn back His anger, Under Him bowed have proud helpers. |
| DARBY | God withdraweth not his anger; the proud helpers stoop under him: |
| BBE | God's wrath may not be turned back; the helpers of Rahab were bent down under him. |
| Webster | If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. |
What does Job 9:13 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 9:1-13
In this answer Job declared that he did not doubt the justice of God, when he denied himself to be a hypocrite; for how should man be just with God? Before him he pleaded guilty of sins more than could be counted; and if God should contend with him in judgment, he could not justify one out of a thousand, of all the thoughts, words, and actions of his life; therefore he deserved worse than all his present sufferings…
Job 9:13 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 9:13
- Psalms 89:10
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
- Job 26:12
He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
- Isaiah 51:9
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
- Isaiah 30:7
For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
- James 4:6-7
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- Isaiah 31:2-3
Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
- Job 40:9-11
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
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Context
- Job 9:12
Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
- Job 9:13
If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
- Job 9:14
How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
Job 9:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Dios no tornará atrás su ira, y debajo de él se encorvan los que ayudan á los soberbios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | ✝Dieu ne retire pas sa colère; sous lui fléchissent les orgueilleux qui prêtent secours. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Gott wendet seinen Zorn nicht ab, unter ihn beugen sich Rahabs Helfer. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Deus, cujus iræ nemo resistere potest, et sub quo curvantur qui portant orbem. |