Job 9

Treated in 6 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 9:4 [He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?— 3
  • 9:5 [Him] that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger; 1
  • 9:11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not. 1
  • 9:29 I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain? 1

American Standard Version

Where it is preached

  1. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Job 9: 4

    …at makes laws. God, in this respect, is most fit to be a lawgiver: ‘he is wise in heart.’ Job 9: 4. He has a monopoly of wisdom. ‘The only wise God.’ 1 Tim 1: 17. Therefore he is the fitte…

  2. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Cause and Cure of Earthquakes cites Job 9:5

    …n his anger; which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.” (Job 9:5, 6.) “He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.” (…

  3. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Fourth Stage cites Job 9:11

    …ith me? though by reason of the impediment that attends this place, I cannot perceive it. Job 9:11. Thirdly, For that he hoped (could he overtake them) to have company by and by. So he wen…

  4. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites Job 9: 29

    …loath to trade in vain, and why not to hear sermons in vain? ‘Why then labour I in vain?’ Job 9: 29. Put this question to your own soul: Why labour I in vain? Why do I take all these pains …

  5. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    Why all things work for good cites Job. ix. 4

    …d. He frequently makes use of unjust men to do that which is just. “He is wise in heart” (Job. ix. 4). He can reap His glory out of men’s fury (Psalm lxxvi. 10). Either the wicked shall not …

  6. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

    Christ's government shall be openly victorious cites Job ix. 4

    …m as a potter’s vessel, Psalm ii. 9. Was there ever any fierce against God and prospered? Job ix. 4; No, doubtless the rage of man shall turn to Christ’s praise. Psalm lxxvi. 10. What was s…