# Job 9.33

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**Book:** [Job](/codex/job/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 31. Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me. 32. For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.
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> **33. There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.**
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> 34. Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid: 35. Then would I speak, and not fear him; For I am not so in myself. (Job 9:31-35, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 31. yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes shall abhor me. 32. For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.
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> **33. There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.**
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> 34. Let him take his rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid; 35. then I would speak, and not fear him, for I am not so in myself. (Job 9:31-35, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 31. Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. <sup>abhor: or, make me to be abhorred</sup> 32. For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
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> **33. Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. <sup>any: Heb. one that should argue</sup> <sup>daysman: or, umpire</sup>**
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> 34. Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me: 35. Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me. <sup>it is: Heb. I am not so with myself</sup> (Job 9:31-35, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 31. Then in corruption Thou dost dip me, And my garments have abominated me. 32. But if a man like myself, I answer him, We come together into judgment.
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> **33. If there were between us an umpire, He doth place his hand on us both.**
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> 34. He doth turn aside from off me his rod, And His terror doth not make me afraid, 35. I speak, and do not fear Him, But I am not right with myself. (Job 9:31-35, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet.

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## Quoted in

**Lexicon:**

- [G3316 - mesites](/codex/g3316-mesites/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.