Job 9:21
I am innocent! I don't care what happens to me. I hate my life!
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
In Context
22That's why I say, ‘It makes no difference to God. He destroys both the innocent and the wicked.’
Cross References
Job 7:15that I would rather be strangled—I would rather die than become just a bag of bones.
Job 7:21If so why don't you pardon my sins, and take away my guilt? Right now I'm going to lie down in the dust, and though you will look for me, I will be gone.”
Proverbs 28:26People who trust their own minds are foolish, but those who follow wise ways will be kept safe.
1 Corinthians 4:4I don't know of anything I've done wrong, but that doesn't make me morally right. It's the Lord who judges me.
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 →