Job 9:20
If I am righteous, my mouth declares me wicked; [If] I am perfect, it declares me perverse.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
19If of power, behold, the Strong One; And if of judgment—who convenes me?
21I am perfect; I do not know my soul, I despise my life.
Cross References
Job 4:17Is mortal man more righteous than God? Is a man cleaner than his Maker?
Job 9:28I have been afraid of all my griefs, || I have known that You do not acquit me.
Job 10:15If I have done wickedly—woe to me, || And righteously—I do not lift up my head, || Full of shame—then see my affliction,
Job 15:5For your mouth teaches your iniquity, || And you choose the tongue of the cunning.
Job 32:1And these three men cease from answering Job, for he [is] righteous in his own eyes,
Job 34:35Job—he does not speak with knowledge, || And his words [are] not with wisdom.
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 →