Geneva Bible Notes: Job 9

Job 9:1 (!) Job declareth the mightie power of God, and that mans righteousnes is nothing.

Job 9:2 (a) Job here answereth to the point of Eliphaz and Bildads ocacion, touching the justice of God & his innocencie, confessing God to be infinit in justice, and man to be nothing in respect.

Job 9:3 (b) Of a thousand things, which God colde lay to his charge, man can not answer him one.

Job 9:6 (c) He declareth what is the infirmite and incomprehensible power that is in God, shweing what he colde do, if he wolde set forthe his power.

Job 9:9 (d) These are the names of certeine starres, whereby he meaneth that all starres bothe knowen & vnknowen are at his appointement.

Job 9:11 (e) I am not able to comprehend his workes, which are commune and daily before mine eyes, muche lesse in those things, which are hid and secret.

Job 9:12 (f) He sheweth that when God doeth execute his power, he doeth it justely, for asmuch as none can controle him.

Job 9:13 (g) God wil not be appeased for oght that man can laie for him self for his justification.

Job 9:13 (h) That is, all the reasons that men can laie to approue their cause.

Job 9:14 (i) How shulde I be able to answer him by eloquence: whereby he noteth his friends, that albeit thei were eloquent in talke, yet thei felt not in heart, that which thei spake.

Job 9:15 (k) Meaning, in his owne opinion, signifying that man wil sometime flatter him slef to be rightes, which before God is abominacion.

Job 9:16 (l) Whiles I am in my pangs, I can not but brast forthe into many inconuensences, althogh I know stil that God is just.

Job 9:17 (m) I am not able to fele my sinnes so great, as I fele the weight of his plagues: & this he speaketh to condemne his dulnes, and to justifie God.

Job 9:19 (n) After he hathe accused his owne weakenes, he continueth to justifie God and his power.

Job 9:20 (o) If I woulde stande in mine owne defence, yet God hathe juste cause to condemne me, if he examine mine heart, & conscience.

Job 9:22 (p) If God punish according to his justice, he wil destroye aswel them that are counted perfite, as them that are wicked.

Job 9:23 (q) To wit, the wicked.

Job 9:23 (r) This is spoken according to our apprehension, as thogh he wolde say, If God destroye but the wicked, as {chap 5,3}, why shulde he suffer the innocents to be so long tormented by them?

Job 9:23 (q) To wit, the wicked.

Job 9:24 (s) That they can not se to do justice.

Job 9:24 (t) That can shewe the contrary?

Job 9:27 (u) I thinke not to fall into these affections, but my sorowes bring men to these manifolde infirmities, & my conscience condemneth me.

Job 9:29 (x) Why doeth not God destroye me at once? thus he speaketh according to the infirmitie of the flesh.

Job 9:30 (y) Thogh I seme neuer so pure in mine owne eyes, yet all is but corruption before God.

Job 9:31 (z) Whatsoeuer I wolde vse to couer my filthines with, shal disclose me so muche more.

Job 9:33 (a) Which might make an accorde betwene God and me, speaking of impaciencie, & yet confessing God to be just in punishing him.

Job 9:35 (b) Signifying that Gods judgements kepe him in awe.