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<i>yet</i> would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />If I called and He answered me, I would not believe that He was listening to my voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“If I called and He answered me, I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220If I called and He answered me, I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“If I called and He answered me, I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />If I called and He answered me, I could not believe that He was giving ear to my voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“If I called and He answered me, I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If I summoned him and he answered me, I do not believe he would pay attention to what I said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would pay attention to what I said. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And if God came into court when I called him, he would not hear my case. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />If I cried out and he answered me, I do not believe that he would listen to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Yet even then, if he lets me speak, I can't believe he would listen to me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Were I to be summoned, and he were to answer me, I wouldn't even believe that he was listening to what I have to say. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If I summoned him, and he answered me, I would not believe that he would be listening to my voice--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn't believe that he listened to my voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />If I had called, and he had answered me; yet I would not believe that he had hearkened to my voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn’t believe that he listened to my voice. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Though I had called and He answers me, I do not believe that He gives ear [to] my voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Though I had called and He answereth me, I do not believe that He giveth ear to my voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />If I called and he will answer me, I shall not believe that he will give ear to my voice.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And if he should hear me when I call, I should not believe that he had heard my voice. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And if he should listen to me when I call, I would not believe that he had heard my voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If I appealed to him and he answered me, I could not believe that he would listen to me; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If I summoned him and he answered me, I do not believe that he would listen to my voice.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I would not believe that he had hearkened to my voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />If I called and he answered me, still I would not believe that he heard my voice<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />If I had called, and He had answered me; Yet would I not believe that He would hearken unto my voice--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And if I should call and he should not hearken, I cannot believe that he has listened to my voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/9-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=1372" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/9.htm">Job: How Can I Argue with God?</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">15</span>For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy. <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: qā·rā·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">I summoned Him</a> <a href="/hebrew/6030.htm" title="6030: way·ya·‘ă·nê·nî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 1cs) -- To answer, respond.">and He answered me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">I do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/539.htm" title="539: ’a·’ă·mîn (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- To confirm, support. ">believe</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/238.htm" title="238: ya·’ă·zîn (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; probably to expand; but used only as a denominative from 'ozen; to broaden out the ear, i.e. to listen.">He would listen</a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: qō·w·lî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">to my voice.</a> </span><span class="reftext">17</span>For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/66-18.htm">Psalm 66:18-20</a></span><br />If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. / But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer. / Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld from me His loving devotion!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Isaiah 1:15</a></span><br />When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-8.htm">Lamentations 3:8</a></span><br />Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/22-2.htm">Psalm 22:2</a></span><br />I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/18-41.htm">Psalm 18:41</a></span><br />They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-1.htm">Isaiah 59:1-2</a></span><br />Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear. / But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/15-29.htm">Proverbs 15:29</a></span><br />The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/34-15.htm">Psalm 34:15-16</a></span><br />The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry. / But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/145-18.htm">Psalm 145:18-19</a></span><br />The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth. / He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-11.htm">Jeremiah 11:11</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-7.htm">Matthew 7:7-8</a></span><br />Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/9-31.htm">John 9:31</a></span><br />We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/5-14.htm">1 John 5:14-15</a></span><br />And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. / And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-3.htm">James 4:3</a></span><br />And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-12.htm">1 Peter 3:12</a></span><br />For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had listened to my voice.</p><p class="hdg">If I had</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-6.htm">Psalm 18:6</a></b></br> In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, <i>even</i> into his ears.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/66-18.htm">Psalm 66:18-20</a></b></br> If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear <i>me</i>: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/116-1.htm">Psalm 116:1,2</a></b></br> I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice <i>and</i> my supplications… </p><p class="hdg">would I</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/29-24.htm">Job 29:24</a></b></br> <i>If</i> I laughed on them, they believed <i>it</i> not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/6-9.htm">Exodus 6:9</a></b></br> And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/6-13.htm">Judges 6:13</a></b></br> And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where <i>be</i> all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/32-15.htm">Believe</a> <a href="/job/4-12.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/job/4-18.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/esther/1-18.htm">Hearing</a> <a href="/job/5-27.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/esther/3-4.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/2_samuel/20-17.htm">Listening</a> <a href="/job/6-22.htm">Present</a> <a href="/ezra/10-12.htm">Responded</a> <a href="/esther/4-5.htm">Summoned</a> <a href="/job/6-5.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/job/9-15.htm">Wouldn't</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/15-22.htm">Believe</a> <a href="/job/12-11.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/job/15-15.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/job/22-9.htm">Hearing</a> <a href="/job/13-6.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/job/29-21.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-13.htm">Listening</a> <a href="/job/15-8.htm">Present</a> <a href="/job/12-1.htm">Responded</a> <a href="/psalms/50-1.htm">Summoned</a> <a href="/job/13-22.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/job/34-27.htm">Wouldn't</a><div class="vheading2">Job 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/9-1.htm">Job acknowledges God's justice</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/9-22.htm">Man's innocence is not to be condemned by afflictions</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>If I summoned Him</b><br>In the context of Job, this phrase reflects Job's desire to call upon God for a direct audience. Job is in the midst of his suffering and seeks to understand the reasons behind his afflictions. The idea of summoning God highlights the ancient Near Eastern practice where individuals sought divine intervention or answers through prayer or ritual. This reflects Job's deep yearning for a personal encounter with God, similar to the patriarchs like Abraham, who had direct communication with God (Genesis 18).<p><b>and He answered me</b><br>Job expresses a hypothetical situation where God responds to his call. This reflects Job's understanding of God's sovereignty and the belief that God is capable of responding to human pleas. In the broader biblical narrative, God often answers His people, as seen in the stories of Moses (Exodus 3) and Elijah (1 Kings 19). However, Job's situation is unique because he feels unheard despite his righteousness, which is a central theme in the book.<p><b>I do not believe He would listen to my voice</b><br>Here, Job reveals his deep sense of despair and doubt. Despite his faith, he struggles with the belief that God would truly listen to him. This sentiment is echoed in other parts of Scripture where individuals feel abandoned or unheard by God, such as in the Psalms (<a href="/psalms/22.htm">Psalm 22:1-2</a>). Job's statement also foreshadows the New Testament revelation of Jesus Christ as the mediator between God and humanity (<a href="/1_timothy/2-5.htm">1 Timothy 2:5</a>), providing assurance that God hears the cries of His people. This reflects the human condition of feeling distant from God, yet it also points to the hope of reconciliation and understanding through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, experiencing intense suffering and questioning the justice and presence of God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty Creator, whom Job is addressing in his lament. Job is expressing his struggle to understand God's ways and his own suffering.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_suffering.htm">Job's Suffering</a></b><br>The context of this verse is Job's immense suffering, having lost his wealth, children, and health. This suffering prompts his deep questioning and dialogue with God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_sovereignty.htm">Understanding God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Job's struggle highlights the mystery of God's sovereignty. We must acknowledge that God's ways are beyond our understanding, and trust in His ultimate wisdom and justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_human_doubt.htm">The Reality of Human Doubt</a></b><br>Job's expression of doubt is a common human experience. It is important to bring our doubts and questions to God, trusting that He is big enough to handle them.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_faith_in_trials.htm">The Importance of Faith in Trials</a></b><br>Even when we feel unheard, like Job, we are called to maintain faith. Our relationship with God is not based on our circumstances but on His unchanging nature.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_lament_in_faith.htm">The Role of Lament in Faith</a></b><br>Lament is a biblical way to process pain and suffering. It allows us to express our deepest emotions to God, paving the way for healing and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_assurance_of_god's_presence.htm">The Assurance of God's Presence</a></b><br>Unlike Job, we have the assurance of God's presence through the Holy Spirit. This should encourage us to approach God with confidence, knowing He hears us.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_job_35_9_imply_unanswered_cries.htm">Why does Job 35:9 imply people cry out but receive no answer, contradicting verses elsewhere describing divine rescue?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_god_silent_if_job's_pleas_lack_merit.htm">In light of Job 35:16, why would a merciful God remain silent if Job's pleas are without merit, given other scriptures showing God responding to human need?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_god_manage_countless_stars.htm">Isaiah 40:26: In light of modern astronomy, how can God 'bring out the starry host' one by one, given what we know about billions of stars and galaxies?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_job_both_wicked_and_blameless.htm">In Job 22:5, Eliphaz accuses Job of great wickedness, yet Job 1:1 calls him blameless; how do we resolve this apparent contradiction?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 16.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">If I had called, and he had answered me</span>. "If," that is, "I had challenged God to a controversy, and he had granted it, and bidden me to plead my cause at his bar, yet could I not suppose that he had really hearkened to me, and would allow me boldly to stand up before him and freely to challenge his doings. Such condescension on his part, such an abnegation of his supremacy, is inconceivable, and could not have acted on it." <span class="cmt_word">Yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice</span>; rather, <span class="accented">yet could I not believe.</span> It was not that he would not have wished, but that he would not have been able, to believe. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/9-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">If</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I summoned Him</span><br /><span class="heb">קָרָ֥אתִי</span> <span class="translit">(qā·rā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and He answered me,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִי</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘ă·nê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6030.htm">Strong's 6030: </a> </span><span class="str2">To answer, respond</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I do not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">believe</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֝אֲמִ֗ין</span> <span class="translit">(’a·’ă·mîn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_539.htm">Strong's 539: </a> </span><span class="str2">To confirm, support</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He would listen</span><br /><span class="heb">יַאֲזִ֥ין</span> <span class="translit">(ya·’ă·zîn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_238.htm">Strong's 238: </a> </span><span class="str2">To broaden out the ear, to listen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to my voice.</span><br /><span class="heb">קוֹלִֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(qō·w·lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> </span><span class="str2">A voice, sound</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/9-16.htm">Job 9:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/9-16.htm">Job 9:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/9-16.htm">Job 9:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/9-16.htm">Job 9:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/9-16.htm">Job 9:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/9-16.htm">Job 9:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/9-16.htm">Job 9:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/9-16.htm">Job 9:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/9-16.htm">Job 9:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/9-16.htm">Job 9:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/9-16.htm">OT Poetry: Job 9:16 If I had called and he had (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/9-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 9:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 9:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/9-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 9:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 9:17" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>