King James Version
Job 9:35 in the King James Version says “Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me. it is: Heb. I am not so with myself” — study this verse from Job chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me. it is: Heb. I am not so with myself”
Job 9:35 · KJV
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. any: Heb. one that should argue daysman: or, umpire
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me. it is: Heb. I am not so with myself
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Then would I speak”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
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