Job 9:17 “For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without ca…”

Job 9:17

For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

World English Bible

For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.

American Standard Version

For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause.

Geneva Bible 1599

For he destroyeth mee with a tempest, and woundeth me without cause.

Darby Translation

He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

Young's Literal Translation

Because with a tempest He bruiseth me, And hath multiplied my wounds for nought.

Bible in Basic English

For I would be crushed by his storm, my wounds would be increased without cause.

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Cross references

“For he”

Job 16:14 Psalm 29:5 Psalm 42:7 Psalm 83:15 Isaiah 28:17 Jeremiah 23:19

Job 16:14 · BSB

He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.

Psalm 29:5 · BSB

The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon.

Psalm 42:7 · BSB

Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.

Psalm 83:15 · BSB

so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.

Isaiah 28:17 · BSB

I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.

Jeremiah 23:19 · BSB

Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.

“multiplieth”

Job 1:14–19 Job 2:7 Job 2:13

Job 1:14–19 · BSB

a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,

Job 2:7 · BSB

So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.

Job 2:13 · BSB

Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.

“without cause”

Job 2:3 Job 34:6 Job 16:17 Psalm 25:3 John 9:3 John 15:25

Job 2:3 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you i…

Job 34:6 · BSB

Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’

Job 16:17 · BSB

yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.

Psalm 25:3 · BSB

Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who engage in treachery without cause will be disgraced.

John 9:3 · BSB

Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.

John 15:25 · BSB

But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’

Also

Job 30:22 Job 16:12

Job 30:22 · BSB

You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.

Job 16:12 · BSB

I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.

18He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.

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