Job 9:29
I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
In Context
28I am afraid of all my pains, I know that Thou wilt not hold me guiltless.
30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
Cross References
Job 9:20Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me; though I be innocent, He shall prove me perverse.
Job 10:2I will say unto God: Do not condemn me; make me know wherefore Thou contendest with me.
Job 10:14If I sin, then Thou markest me, and Thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
Job 21:27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Job 33:10Behold, He findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for His enemy;
Psalms 73:13Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency;
Matthew Henry on Job 9:26-35
25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. 26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. 29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor… Read the whole commentary →