Job 9:20
Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
21Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
Cross References
Job 4:17‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?
Job 9:28I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.
Job 10:15If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.
Job 15:5For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
Job 32:1So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Job 34:35‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’
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 →