“This is what he means, if he who punishes were a man, his punishment would not have entirely condemned the one in affliction. I could have been judged before him and proved that he too is unjust. But since you are God, that is impossible. It is sufficient to be punished and to suffer the greatest condemnation.”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 9:32A
Original
32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
Modern
Preparing…
Teens
Preparing…
Kids
Preparing…
In context
30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
31Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
— Job 9:32 —
33Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
34Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me: