Job 9:20
Though I were upright, yet must my own mouth condemn me; Though I were innocent, He would prove me perverse.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
19If I look to strength, “Lo! here am I!” [[saith he,]] If to justice, “Who shall summon me to trial?”
21Though I were innocent, I would not care for myself; I would despise my life.
Cross References
Job 4:17“Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall man be more pure than his Maker?
Job 9:28Still am I in dread of the multitude of my sorrows; For I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
Job 10:15If I am wicked,—then woe unto me! Yet if righteous, I dare not lift up my head; I am full of confusion, beholding my affliction.
Job 15:5Yea, thy own mouth proclaimeth thy iniquity, Though thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Job 32:1So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Job 34:35“Job hath spoken without knowledge, And his words are without 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 →