Key Verse Spotlight
Job 9:14 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“How much less shall I answer him, {and} choose out my words {to reason} with him?”
Job 9:14
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou? {hinder...: Heb. turn him away?}
{If} God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. {proud...: Heb. helpers of pride, or, strength}
How much less shall I answer him, {and} choose out my words {to reason} with him?
Whom, though I were righteous, {yet} would I not answer, {but} I would make supplication to my judge.
If I had called, and he had answered me; {yet} would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
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