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Job 9:16 Cross-References
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“If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.”
Job 9:16 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 9:16
Job doubts God would answer his call: 'If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.' Even if God responded (anah, עָנָה), Job couldn't trust it. The phrase 'would I not believe' (lo aamin, לֹא אֲאַמִין) expresses radical doubt born from suffering. 'Hearkened' (azan, אָזַן) means to give ear or pay attention—Job doubts divine attentiveness despite hypothetical response.Job's despair reaches depths where even divine communication seems untrustworthy. Suffering has so distorted his perception that God's voice would seem either illusion or m...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 9:16
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“she didn't open the gate for joy”
“we were like those who dream.”
“the Lord wouldn't have listened.”
“and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.”
“but they didn't listen to Moses for anguish of spirit”
“and wondered”
“because he listens to my voice”
“Oh”
“If I laughed on them”