The Meaning of Job 9:34 Explained

Job 9:34

KJV: Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

YLT: He doth turn aside from off me his rod, And His terror doth not make me afraid,

Darby: Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid,

ASV: Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Let him take  his rod  away  from me, and let not his fear  terrify  me: 

What does Job 9:34 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 9:1-35 - "the Daysman"
Ponder the sublimity of the conceptions of God given in this magnificent passage. To God are attributed the earthquake that rocks the pillars on which the world rests, Job 9:6; the eclipse which hides the heavenly bodies, Job 9:7; the storm in which he bows the heavens and treads majestically on the waves, Job 9:8; and the creation of the constellations, Job 9:9. Who can dare to argue with or call to account so great a God as this? Job 9:10-19. Even if a man be outwardly and inwardly righteous (that is, so far as the measure of his light), yet in such a Presence the heart of the most perfect must condemn him. "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves"¦. God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all." We cannot but feel that this old-world thinker had a truer view of that conscious imperfection and sin which must be experienced by every mortal who has a right appreciation of the holiness of God, than have those who refuse to say the Lord's Prayer because it contains a petition for forgiveness!
Truly we need that Daysman! But we have Him in Jesus our Mediator, who can lay His hand on God and us, Job 9:33; 1 Timothy 2:5. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 9

1  Job acknowledges God's justice
22  Man's innocence is not to be condemned by afflictions

What do the individual words in Job 9:34 mean?

Let Him take away from me His rod and dread of Him not do let terrify me
יָסֵ֣ר מֵעָלַ֣י שִׁבְט֑וֹ וְ֝אֵמָת֗וֹ אַֽל־ תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי

יָסֵ֣ר  Let  Him  take  away 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect Jussive, third person masculine singular
Root: סוּר 
Sense: to turn aside, depart.
מֵעָלַ֣י  from  me 
Parse: Preposition-m, first person common singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
שִׁבְט֑וֹ  His  rod 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: שֵׁבֶט  
Sense: rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe.
וְ֝אֵמָת֗וֹ  and  dread  of  Him 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֵימָה 
Sense: terror, dread.
תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי  do  let  terrify  me 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person feminine singular, first person common singular
Root: בָּעַת  
Sense: to terrify, startle, fall upon, dismay, be overtaken by sudden terror.