Job 9:20
If I wanted to justify myself, my own mouth will condemn me; if I would reveal my innocence, he would prove me depraved.
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In The King James Version
In Context
21And if I now became simple, my soul would be ignorant even of this, and my life would weary me.
Cross References
Job 4:17Should man be justified in relation to God, or will a man be more pure than his Maker?
Job 9:28I have dreaded all my works, knowing that you did not spare the offender.
Job 10:15And if I should be impious, woe to me, and if I should be just, I will not lift up my head, being drenched with affliction and misery.
Job 15:5For your iniquity has mislead your mouth, and you imitate the tongue of blasphemers.
Job 32:1But these three men ceased to answer Job, because he considered himself justified.
Job 34:35But Job has been speaking foolishly, and his words contain unsound teaching.
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 →