Job 9 is the ninth chapter of the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is anonymous; most scholars believe it was written around 6th century BCE. This chapter records the speech of Job, which belongs to the Dialogue section of the book, comprising Job 3:1–31:40. Text The original text is written in Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 35 verses. Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text, which includes the Aleppo Codex (10th century), and Codex Leningradensis (1008). Fragments containing parts of this chapter in Hebrew were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls including 4Q100 (4QJob; 50–1 BCE) with extant verse 27. There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BC; some extant ancient manuscripts of this version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK: S; 4th century), and Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century). Analysis The structure of the book is as follows: The Prologue (chapters 1–2) The Dialogue (chapters 3–31) The Verdicts (32:1–42:6) The Epilogue (42:7–17) Within the structure, chapter 9 is grouped into the Dialogue section with the following outline: Job's Self-Curse and Self-Lament (3:1–26) Round One (4:1–14:22) Eliphaz (4:1–5:27) Job (6:1–7:21) Bildad (8:1–22) Job (9:1–10:22) Being Righteous before God (9:1–4) God's Power and Force (9:5–13) The Difficulties of Litigation against God (9:14–20) How Does God Rule the World? (9:21–24) Exploring Other Options (9:25–35) Transition to a Lament (10:1–2) Three Sharp Questions (10:3–7) Remember How You Made Me (10:8–12) Now You Have Destroyed Me (10:13–17) Closing Words of Despair (10:18–22) Zophar (11:1–20) Job (12:1–14:22) Round Two (15:1–21:34) Round Three (22:1–27:23) Interlude – A Poem on Wisdom (28:1–28) Job's Summing Up (29:1–31:40) The Dialogue section is composed in the format of poetry with distinctive syntax and grammar. At this point of the book, the issues of righteousness and justice have been raised by Eliphaz (Job 4–5) and Bildad (Job 8), and Job responded in his first speech (Job 6–7) and now in second speeche (Job 9–10). Eliphaz asked whether humans are righteous (, ) before God (Job 4:17), but Job points out that it is his righteousness (, ) that is at stake (Job 6:29). Bildad asked whether God perverts justice (, ) or righteousness (, ; Job 8:3), so in