Job 9:20
If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would shew myself innocent, he shall prove me wicked.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
19If strength be demanded, he is most strong: if equity of judgment, no man dare bear witness for me.
Cross References
Job 4:17Shall man be justified in comparison of God, or shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Job 9:28I feared all my works, knowing that thou didst not spare the offender.
Job 10:15And if I be wicked, woe unto me: and if just, I shall not lift up my head, being filled with affliction and misery.
Job 15:5For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.
Job 32:1So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he seemed just to himself.
Job 34:35But Job hath spoken foolishly, and his words sound not discipline.
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 →