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Job 9:17 Cross-References
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“For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.”
Job 9:17 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 9:17
Job describes God's overwhelming force: 'For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.' The verb 'breaketh' (shuph, שׁוּף) means to crush or bruise. 'Tempest' (searah, שְׂעָרָה) denotes whirlwind or storm—overwhelming, indiscriminate force. God 'multiplieth' (rabah, רָבָה) Job's wounds 'without cause' (chinnam, חִנָּם), the same word used in 2:3 and 9:17, meaning gratuitously or for nothing.Job's 'without cause' parallels God's own assessment (2:3) that Satan incited Him against Job 'without cause.' Job speaks truth: his suffering isn't proportionate to any sin. H...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 9:17
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“He breaketh me with breach upon breach”
“Have you considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”
“though I am without disobedience.'”
“and none spoke a word to him”
“and great hailstones in wrath to consume it.”
“Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.”
“and terrify them with your storm.”
“and drive me with it. You dissolve me in the storm.”
“'They hated me without a cause.'{Psalms 35:19; 69:4}”
“the floods came”