Job 9:28
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 9:28 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 9:28 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 9:28 — KJV
“I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.”
— Job 9:28 (KJV)
Job 9:28 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 9:28
“Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.”
Shares key themes with Job 9:28: know, wilt, hold
“Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.”
Shares key themes with Job 9:28: know, wilt, hold
“And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.”
Shares key themes with Job 9:28: know, wilt, hold
“And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. be amazed: Heb. wonder one...: Heb. every man at his neighbour flames: Heb. faces of the flames”
Shares key themes with Job 9:28: afraid, sorrows, hold
“And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:”
Shares key themes with Job 9:28: know, hold
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