Job 9 · Verse 33

Job 9:33

Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
Job 9:33, King James Version

Job 9:33 in other translations

BSBNor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
WEBThere is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.
ASVThere is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.
YLTIf there were between us an umpire, He doth place his hand on us both.
DARBYThere is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.
BBEThere is no one to give a decision between us, who might have control over us.
WebsterNeither is there any judge between us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

What does Job 9:33 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
33. daysman--"mediator," or "umpire"; the imposition of whose hand expresses power to adjudicate between the persons. There might be one on a level with Job, the one party; but Job knew of none on a level with the Almighty, the other party (1Sa 2:25). We Christians know of such a Mediator (not, however, in the sense of umpire) on a level with both--the God-man, Christ Jesus (1Ti 2:5).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 33 Neither is there any day's-man - בינינו מוכיח beyneynu mochiach, a reprover, arguer, or umpire between us. Day's - Man, in our law, means an arbitrator, or umpire between party and party; as it were bestowing a day, or certain time on a certain day, to decree, judge, or decide a matter - Minshieu. Day is used in law for the day of appearance in court, either originally or upon assignation, for hearing a matter for trial - Idem. But arbitrator is the proper meaning of the term here: one who is, by the consent of both parties, to judge between them, and settle their differences. Instead of לא יש lo yesh, there is not, fifteen of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., with the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic, read לו יש lu vesh, I wish there were: or, O that there were! Ειθε ην ὁ μεσιτης ἡμων, και ελεγχων και διακουων αναμεσον αμφοτερων; O that we had a mediator, an advocate, and judge between us both! - Sept. Poor Job! He did not yet know the Mediator between God and man: the only means by which God and man can be brought together and reconciled. Had St. Paul this in his eye when he wrote 1Tim 2:5, 1Tim 2:6? For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; who gave himself a ransom for all. Without this Mediator, and the ransom price which he has laid down, God and man can never be united: and that this union might be made possible, Jesus took the human into conjunction with his Divine nature; and thus God was manifest in the flesh.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 9:25-35

What little need have we of pastimes, and what great need to redeem time, when it runs on so fast towards eternity! How vain the enjoyments of time, which we may quite lose while yet time continues! The remembrance of having done our duty will be pleasing afterwards; so will not the remembrance of having got worldly wealth, when it is all lost and gone. Job's complaint of God, as one that could not be appeased and…

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Job 9:33 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.

לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
יֵשׁ\־yesh-thereH3426
בֵּינֵ֣ינוּbei.Nei.nubetween usH996
מוֹכִ֑יחַmo.Khi.ach[is] an arbiterH3198
יָשֵׁ֖תya.Shethe may putH7896
יָד֣וֹya.Dohand hisH3027
עַל\־'al-onH5921
שְׁנֵֽינוּ\׃she.Nei.nu[the] two of usH8147

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

Cross references for Job 9:33

  • 1 Samuel 2:25

    If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them.

  • 1 John 2:1-2

    My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

  • Job 9:19

    If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

  • Psalms 106:23

    Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

  • 1 Kings 3:16-28

    Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
is there.
19; 1Sa 2:25; Ps 106:23; 1Jo 2:1,2
daysman. Heb. one that should argue, or, umpire. thatmight.
1Ki 3:16-28

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Context

  • Job 9:32

    For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

  • Job 9:33

    Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

  • Job 9:34

    Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

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Job 9:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		No hay entre nosotros árbitro que ponga su mano sobre nosotros ambos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il n’y a pas entre nous un arbitre qui mettrait sa main sur nous deux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Es gibt zwischen uns keinen Schiedsmann, daß er seine Hand auf uns beide legte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Non est qui utrumque valeat arguere, et ponere manum suam in ambobus.