Job 9:17
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 9 connects to 10 cross-references. Job agrees that no one can contend with God but despairs because God's power makes a fair hearing impossible. He describes God's cosmic might in establishing heavens and earth while lamenting that the same power that could vindicate him also …
Other Translations
For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Because with a tempest He bruiseth me, And hath multiplied my wounds for nought.
For I would be crushed by his storm, my wounds would be increased without cause.
Cross References
Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the …
Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon …
A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto …
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: …
Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken …
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto …