If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
Job 9:13 stands in the oldest book of the Bible, which is also the oldest poetical book to have come down to us, written by Moses in the land of Midian. Within that book it belongs to the debate between Job and his three friends on the subject of his afflictions in chapters 4 to 31, consisting of three circles of speeches on the part of each. That section is distinct from the prose prologue in chapters 1 and 2, the prose epilogue in chapter 42 verses 7 to 17, the speeches of Elihu in chapters 32 to 37, and the speeches of the Lord out of the storm-cloud.
The larger part of the book addresses the great problems of an overruling providence and of sin and suffering that have perplexed humanity through all ages. In it God is disciplining Job and bringing him through the fire of affliction, while his three friends charge him with sin and declare his sufferings are because of that sin. Job's answer in this section does not treat affliction as proof of sin.
The verse means that God's anger is not withdrawn or turned aside. Even the proud powers that help or oppose are brought low and made to stoop under him. It therefore proves that God is not without anger.
It teaches not to misjudge fellow sufferers in the same way Job's friends misjudged him.
Job 9:13 stands in the oldest book of the Bible, which is also the oldest poetical book to have come down to us, written by Moses in the land of Midian. Within that book it belongs to the debate between Job and his three friends on the subject of his afflictions in chapters 4 to 31, consisting of three circles of speeches on the part of each. That section is distinct from the prose prologue in chapters 1 and 2, the prose epilogue in chapter 42 verses 7 to 17, the speeches of Elihu in chapters 32 to 37, and the speeches of the Lord out of the storm-cloud.
The larger part of the book addresses the great problems of an overruling providence and of sin and suffering that have perplexed humanity through all ages. In it God is disciplining Job and bringing him through the fire of affliction, while his three friends charge him with sin and declare his sufferings are because of that sin. Job's answer in this section does not treat affliction as proof of sin.
The verse means that God's anger is not withdrawn or turned aside. Even the proud powers that help or oppose are brought low and made to stoop under him. It therefore proves that God is not without anger.
It teaches not to misjudge fellow sufferers in the same way Job's friends misjudged him.