Job 9:35
New International Version
Then I would speak up without fear of him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot.

New Living Translation
Then I could speak to him without fear, but I cannot do that in my own strength.

English Standard Version
Then I would speak without fear of him, for I am not so in myself.

Berean Standard Bible
Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.

King James Bible
Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

New King James Version
Then I would speak and not fear Him, But it is not so with me.

New American Standard Bible
Then I would speak and not fear Him; But I am not like that in myself.

NASB 1995
“Then I would speak and not fear Him; But I am not like that in myself.

NASB 1977
Then I would speak and not fear Him; But I am not like that in myself.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then I would speak and not fear Him; But I am not like that in myself.

Amplified Bible
Then I would speak [my defense] and not fear Him; But I am not like that in myself.

Christian Standard Bible
Then I would speak and not fear him. But that is not the case; I am on my own.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then I would speak and not fear Him. But that is not the case; I am on my own.

American Standard Version
Then would I speak, and not fear him; For I am not so in myself.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I would speak and I would not be afraid of him, because I have not been against him

Brenton Septuagint Translation
so shall I not be afraid, but I will speak: for I am not thus conscious of guilt.

Contemporary English Version
Then I could speak up without fear of him, but for now, I cannot speak.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I will speak, and will not fear him: for I cannot answer while I am in fear.

English Revised Version
Then would I speak, and not fear him; for I am not so in myself.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then I would speak and not be afraid of him. But I know that I am not like that.

Good News Translation
I am not afraid. I am going to talk because I know my own heart.

International Standard Version
Otherwise, I would speak without being terrified of him, because I'm not like that inside myself."

JPS Tanakh 1917
Then would I speak, and not fear Him; For I am not so with myself.

Literal Standard Version
I speak, and do not fear Him, but I am not right with myself.”

Majority Standard Bible
Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.

New American Bible
that I might speak without being afraid of him. Since this is not the case with me,

NET Bible
Then would I speak and not fear him, but it is not so with me.

New Revised Standard Version
then I would speak without fear of him, for I know I am not what I am thought to be.

New Heart English Bible
then I would speak, and not fear him, for I am not so in myself.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

World English Bible
then I would speak, and not fear him, for I am not so in myself.

Young's Literal Translation
I speak, and do not fear Him, But I am not right with myself.

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Context
Job: How Can I Argue with God?
34Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me. 35Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.

Cross References
Job 13:22
Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.

Job 10:1
"I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.


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(35) It is not so with me.--Literally, I am not so with me. The words are variously understood: "It is not so with me," i.e., "I am not thus without fear," as the former part of the verse supposes; or, "I am not so as ye suppose," i.e., guilty, but innocent; or, "Am I not right with myself?" i.e., inwardly conscious of my integrity and innocence (Job 10:1).

Verse 35. - Then would I speak, and not fear him. Job has imagined conditions which are impossible (though they may, to some extent, be compensated for in the actual scheme of man's redemption); and says that, under the circumstances which he has imagined, he would not fear to justify himself before God. The assertion is over-daring, and, as Schultens says, shows the patriarch to be no longer master of himself, but carried away by the force of overwrought feeling. But it is not so with me; i.e. "I am not in such a position as to enter on my justification." I am weighted by my sufferings, and also by my fears. I therefore decline the contest.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then I would speak
אַֽ֭דַבְּרָה (’a·ḏab·bə·rāh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

without
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

fear of Him.
אִירָאֶ֑נּוּ (’î·rā·’en·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

But
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

as it is,
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

I
אָ֝נֹכִ֗י (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

am on my own.
עִמָּדִֽי׃ (‘im·mā·ḏî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 5978: Against, by, from, me, mine, of, that I take, unto,


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