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Job 9:20

For though I should seem righteous, my mouth will be profane: 1 And though I should seem blameless, I shall be proved perverse. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

In Context

19For indeed he is strong in power: 1 Who then shall resist his judgment? 1

21For even if I have sinned, I know it not in my soul: 1 But my life is taken away. 1

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Cross References

Job 4:17What, shall a mortal be pure before the Lord? 1 Or a man be blameless in regard to his works? 1

Job 9:28I quake in all my limbs, 1 For I know that thou wilt not leave me alone as innocent. 1

Job 10:15Or if I should be ungodly, woe is me: 1 And if I should be righteous, I cannot lift myself up, 1 For I am full of dishonor. 1

Job 15:5Thou art guilty by the words of thy mouth, 1 Neither hast thou discerned the words of the mighty. 1

Job 32:1And his three friends also ceased any longer to answer Job: 1 For Job was righteous before them. 1

Job 34:35But Job has not spoken with understanding, 1 His words are not uttered with knowledge. 1

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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