Job 9:21

I am innocent; I will not have regard for myself: I will despise my life.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

In Context

20If I were righteous even, my own mouth would condemn me: were I innocent, it would still prove me perverse.

22One thing is [certain], therefore have I said it, The innocent and the wicked he bringeth to their end.

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Cross References

Job 7:15So that my soul would choose strangling, death rather than these limbs of mine.

Job 7:21And why wilt thou not forgive my transgression, and let my iniquity pass away? for soon must I lie down in the dust; and thou wilt seek for me, but I shall be no more.

Proverbs 28:26He that trusteth in his own sense is a fool; but whoso walketh in wisdom, will ever escape.

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 →

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