Job 9:31

“Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.”

"Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me." - Job 9:31
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What does Job 9:31 mean?

Job 9:31 (KJV) states, "Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch and mine own clothes shall abhor me." This verse is found in the Old Testament book of Job, which tells the story of a man who experiences immense suffering and loss but remains faithful to God. In this particular…

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The Ditch of Despair: Finding Hope in Trials

In the book of Job, we encounter one of the most profound reflections on human suffering and divine sovereignty. Job, a man described as blameless and upright, faces devastating losses and unfathomable grief. In Job 9:31, he states, "Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and…

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A Prayer for Deliverance and Restoration

O Holy and Righteous God, I come before You today, humbling myself in the presence of Your infinite majesty and wisdom. Your Word says in Job 9:31, "Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me." Lord, I appreciate the depth of meaning hidden within…

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Job 9:31 - "Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me."
Job 31:9 - "If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;"
Job 31:40 - "Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended."
Job 31:31 - "If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied."
Job 33:31 - "Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak."
"If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;" - Job 31:9
Job 31:11 - "For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges."
Job 31:3 - "Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?"
Job 9:1 - "Then Job answered and said,"
Job 31 take an inventory of his life
Job 31:26 - "If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;"
Job 36:31 - "For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance."
Job 31:32 - "The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller."
Job 31:4 - "Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?"
Job 31:38 - "If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;"
Job 15:31 - "Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence."
Job 38:31 - "Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?"
Job 31:5 - "If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;"
Job 31:12 - "For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase."
Job 31:9-12 - "If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door, then may my wife grind another man's grain, and may other men sleep with her. For that would have been wicked, a sin to be judged. It is a fire that burns to Destruction; it would have uprooted my harvest."
Job 31:6 - "Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity."
Job 31:33 - "If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:"
Job 30:31 - "My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep."
Job 31:17 - "Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;"
Job 31:2 - "For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?"
Job 31:36 - "Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me."
"Then Job answered and said," - Job 9:1
Job 31:28 - "This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above."
Job 31:20 - "If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;"