Job 9:20
If I woulde iustifie my selfe, mine owne mouth shall condemne mee: if I would be perfite, he shall iudge me wicked.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
21Though I were perfite, yet I knowe not my soule: therefore abhorre I my life.
Cross References
Job 4:17Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be more pure then his maker?
Job 9:28Then I am afrayd of all my sorowes, knowing that thou wilt not iudge me innocent.
Job 10:15If I haue done wickedly, wo vnto me: if I haue done righteously, I will not lift vp mine head, being full of confusion, because I see mine affliction.
Job 15:5For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty.
Job 32:1So these three men ceased to answere Iob, because he esteemed himselfe iust.
Job 34:35Iob hath not spoken of knowledge, neyther were his wordes according to wisedome.
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 →