Job 9:16 Meaning and Explanation
“If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Even if God answered his call, Job could scarcely believe such a One had truly listened to him.
What Does Job 9:16 Mean?
Job's sense of God's greatness has grown so overwhelming that he can hardly imagine being heard. Even if he called and God answered, he could not quite believe that the Almighty had stooped to listen to his small voice. The gap feels too wide to cross.
Job's struggle is honest, and it is one many share in seasons of darkness, when prayer feels like words flung into silence. Yet the wonder of grace is precisely that God does stoop to hear. He who fashioned the stars inclines His ear to the cry of the lowly. The hearing Job could not believe in is freely given to all who call upon the Lord.
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What does Job 9:16 mean?
Even if God answered his call, Job could scarcely believe such a One had truly listened to him.