Job 9:20
Though I be righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
19If of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, who will summon me?
21Though I were perfect, I do not regard myself. I despise my life.
Cross References
Job 4:17Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Job 9:28I am afraid of all my sorrows. I know that thou will not hold me innocent.
Job 10:15If I be wicked, woe to me. And if I be righteous, yet I shall not lift up my head, being filled with shame, and looking upon my affliction.
Job 15:5For thine iniquity teaches thy mouth. And thou choose the tongue of the crafty.
Job 32:1So these three men ceased to answer Job because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Job 34:35Job speaks without knowledge, and his words are without wisdom.
Matthew Henry on Job 9:15-22
14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? 15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. 16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. 17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness. 19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall… Read the whole commentary →