Job 9 · Verse 34

Job 9:34

Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
Job 9:34, King James Version

Job 9:34 in other translations

BSBLet Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
WEBLet him take his rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid;
ASVLet him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid:
YLTHe doth turn aside from off me his rod, And His terror doth not make me afraid,
DARBYLet him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid,
BBELet him take away his rod from me and not send his fear on me:
WebsterLet him take away his rod from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

What does Job 9:34 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
34. rod--not here the symbol of punishment, but of power. Job cannot meet God on fair terms so long as God deals with him on the footing of His almighty power.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 34 Let him take his rod away - In the Masoretic Bibles, the word שבטו shibto, his rod, is written with a large ט teth, as above; and as the letter in numerals stands for 9, the Masora says the word was thus written to show the nine calamities under which Job had suffered, and which he wished God to remove. As שבט shebet signifies, not only rod, but also scepter or the ensign of royalty, Job might here refer to God sitting in his majesty upon the judgment-seat; and this sight so appalled him, that, filled with terror, he was unable to speak. When a sinful soul sees God in his majesty, terror seizes upon it, and prayer is impossible. We have a beautiful illustration of this, Isa 6:1-5 : "I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Then said I, Wo is me, for I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts."

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 9:34 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.

יָסֵ֣רya.Serlet him removeH5493
מֵעָלַ֣יme.'a.Laifrom on <the> meH5921
שִׁבְט֑וֹshiv.Torod hisH7626
וְ֝אֵמָת֗וֹve.'e.ma.Toand dread hisH367
אַֽל\־'al-may notH408
תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי\׃te.va.'a.Ta.niit terrify meH1204

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

Cross references for Job 9:34

  • Psalms 39:10

    Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

  • Job 33:7

    Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.

  • Job 13:11

    Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

  • Psalms 90:11

    Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

  • Job 13:20-22

    Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee. Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid. Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

  • Job 31:23

    For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

  • Job 23:15

    Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

  • Job 29:2-25

    Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; …

  • Job 37:1

    At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
let not.
13:11,20-22; 23:15; 31:23; 33:7; 37:1; Ps 39:10; 90:11
but it is not so with me. Heb. but I am not so with myself.
29:2-25

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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:

  • Job 9:35

    Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

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Job 9:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Quite de sobre mí su vara, y su terror no me espante.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Qu’il retire sa verge de dessus moi, et que sa terreur ne me trouble pas;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Er tue seine Rute von mir weg, und sein Schrecken ängstige mich nicht:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Auferat a me virgam suam, et pavor ejus non me terreat.