Job 9:21
Though I were perfite, yet I knowe not my soule: therefore abhorre I my life.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
In Context
22This is one point: therefore I said, Hee destroyeth the perfite and the wicked.
Cross References
Job 7:15Therefore my soule chuseth rather to be strangled and to die, then to be in my bones.
Job 7:21And why doest thou not pardon my trespasse? and take away mine iniquitie? for nowe shall I sleepe in the dust, and if thou seekest me in the morning, I shall not be found.
Proverbs 28:26Hee that trusteth in his owne heart, is a foole: but he that walketh in wisdome, shall be deliuered.
1 Corinthians 4:4For I know nothing by my selfe, yet am I not thereby iustified: but he that iudgeth me, is the Lord.
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 →