Job 9:29
I must ever be guilty: why then should I fatigue myself for nought?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
In Context
28O then would I be in dread of all my pains; I know that thou wilt not declare me innocent.
30If I were to wash myself in snow-water, to cleanse myself in the purity of my hands:
Cross References
Job 9:20If I were righteous even, my own mouth would condemn me: were I innocent, it would still prove me perverse.
Job 10:2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; let me know for what cause thou contendest against me.
Job 10:14If I have sinned, then dost thou watch me, and from my iniquity thou wilt not declare me guiltless.
Job 21:27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the opinions which ye wrongfully devise against me.
Job 33:10Yet, behold, he findeth hateful backsliding on me, he regardeth me as an enemy unto him;
Psalms 73:13Verily in vain have I thus cleansed my heart, and have washed in innocency my hands:
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 →