KJV King James Version
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, [that] might lay his hand upon us both.
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Job 9:33
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, [that] might lay his hand upon us both.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
WEB World English Bible
There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.
ASV American Standard Version
There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
If there were between us an umpire, He doth place his hand on us both.
Surrounding context — Job 9
30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
31 Yet shalt 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, [and] we should come together in judgment.
33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, [that] might lay his hand upon us both.
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.
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1 Samuel 2:25If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.Job 9:19If [I speak] of strength, lo, [he is] strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time [to plead]?1 John 2:1-2My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:Psalm 106:23Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy [them].1 Kings 3:16-28Then came there two women, [that were] harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
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