Job 9:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 9:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 9:17 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 9:17 — KJV
“For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.”
— Job 9:17 (KJV)
Job 9:17 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 9:17
“Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?”
Shares key themes with Job 9:17: wounds, without, cause
“And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:”
Shares key themes with Job 9:17: without, cause
“The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.”
Shares key themes with Job 9:17: without, cause
“And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. left...: Heb. caused to cease unto thee kinsman: or, redeemer”
Shares key themes with Job 9:17: without, cause
“For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?”
Shares key themes with Job 9:17: without, cause
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