Job 9 · Verse 17

Job 9:17

For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Job 9:17, King James Version

Job 9:17 in other translations

BSBFor He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
WEBFor he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.
ASVFor he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause.
YLTBecause with a tempest He bruiseth me, And hath multiplied my wounds for nought.
DARBYHe, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
BBEFor I would be crushed by his storm, my wounds would be increased without cause.
WebsterFor he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

What does Job 9:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 9:16-17

16-17. would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice--who breaketh me (as a tree stripped of its leaves) with a tempest.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 He breaketh me with a tempest - The Targum, Syriac, and Arabic have this sense: He powerfully smites even every hair of my head and multiplies my wounds without cause. That is, There is no reason known to myself, or to any man, why I should be thus most oppressively afflicted. It is, therefore, cruel, and inconsequent to assert that I suffer for my crimes.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 9:14-21

Job is still righteous in his own eyes, ch. 32:1, and this answer, though it sets forth the power and majesty of God, implies that the question between the afflicted and the Lord of providence, is a question of might, and not of right; and we begin to discover the evil fruits of pride and of a self-righteous spirit. Job begins to manifest a disposition to condemn God, that he may justify himself, for which he is…

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Job 9:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-[he] whoH834
בִּשְׂעָרָ֥הbis.'a.Rahwith a stormH8183
יְשׁוּפֵ֑נִיye.shu.Fe.nihe crushes meH7779
וְהִרְבָּ֖הve.hir.Bahand he increasesH7235
פְצָעַ֣יfe.tza.'Aiwounds myH6482
חִנָּֽם\׃chi.Namwithout causeH2600

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 9:17

  • Job 16:14

    He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.

  • Job 2:3

    And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

  • Job 34:6

    Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.

  • Job 2:13

    So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

  • Ezekiel 13:13

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.

  • John 9:3

    Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

  • Job 30:22

    Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.

  • Jeremiah 23:19

    Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.

  • Matthew 12:20

    A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

  • Job 2:7

    So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

  • Isaiah 28:17

    Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

  • John 15:25

    But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For he.
16:14; Ps 29:5; 42:7; 83:15; Isa 28:17; Jer 23:19; Eze 13:13
Mt 7:27; 12:20
multiplieth.
1:14-19; 2:7,13
without cause.
2:3; 16:17; 34:6; Ps 25:3; Joh 9:3; 15:25

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Context

  • Job 9:16

    If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

  • Job 9:17

    For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

  • Job 9:18

    He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

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Job 9:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque me ha quebrado con tempestad, y ha aumentado mis heridas sin causa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Lui qui m’écrase dans une tempête, et qui multiplie mes blessures sans cause.
German
Elberfelder 1871		er, der mich zermalmt durch ein Sturmwetter, und meine Wunden mehrt ohne Ursache;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		In turbine enim conteret me, et multiplicabit vulnera mea, etiam sine causa.