Job 9:21

I blameless? I should not know my own soul, I should despise my own life!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

In Context

20If I should justify myself, mine own mouth, would condemn me,—I blameless? then had it shewn me perverse.

22One thing, there is, for which cause, I have said it, The blameless and the lawless, he bringeth to an end.

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Cross References

Job 7:15So that my soul chooseth strangling, Death, rather than [these] my bones!

Job 7:21And why wilt thou not remove my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For, now, in the dust, should I lie down, and thou shouldst seek me diligently, and I should not be.

Proverbs 28:26He that trusteth his own heart, the same, is a dullard, but, he that walketh wisely, the same, shall be delivered.

1 Corinthians 4:4For, of nothing, to myself, am I conscious: nevertheless, not hereby, am I declared righteous, but, he that doth examine 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 →

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