The Pulpit Commentary on Job 9:33

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Neither is there any daysman betwixt us; literally 'judge' or arbitrator called a "daysman," since he appoints the day on which the arbitration is to come off. The LXX. renders by μεσίτης, "mediator."

That might lay his hand upon us bosh. Moderate between us, that is; keep us both in cheek; assert an authority to which we must both submit.

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