Bible Strands
Job 9:33
Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job speaks to God while describing his inability to initiate a legal case, emphasizing that divine nature prevents mutual confrontation.
The words — מוֹכִ֑יחַ (mo.Khi.ach) translates literally as arbiter or mediator, and יָשֵׁ֖ת (ya.Shet) means he may put or lay.
The thread — The need for an intercessor appears in 1 Samuel 2:25 regarding sin against others, recurs in Job 9:19 regarding summoning God to justice, and is resolved in 1 John 2:1 which identifies Christ as advocate.
Why it lands — The verse states that no mediator exists to place a hand on both parties, requiring the reader to acknowledge the impossibility of self-reconciliation with God without external intervention.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
Cross-references
- 1 Samuel 2:25 If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.
- Job 9:19 If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
- 1 John 2:1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
- Psalms 106:23 So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
- 1 Kings 3:16 At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.