Job 9:21
I am blameless.I do not regard myself.I despise my life.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
In Context
22"It is all the same.Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.
Cross References
Job 7:15so that my soul chooses strangling,death rather than my bones.
Job 7:21Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity?For now shall I lie down in the dust.You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be."
Proverbs 28:26One who trusts in himself is a fool;but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.
1 Corinthians 4:4For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges 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 →