Job 9:29
I, shall be held guilty,—Wherefore then, in vain, should I toil?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
In Context
28I am afraid of all my pains, I know, that thou wilt not pronounce me innocent.
30Though I bathe myself in snow water, and cleanse, in cleanness itself, my hands,
Cross References
Job 9:20If I should justify myself, mine own mouth, would condemn me,—I blameless? then had it shewn me perverse.
Job 10:2I say unto GOD, Do not hold me guilty, Let me know, on what account thou contendest with me!
Job 10:14If I have sinned, then couldst thou watch me, and, from mine iniquity, thou wouldst not acquit me:
Job 21:27Lo! I know your plans, and the devices, wherewith ye would do me violence!
Job 33:10Lo! occasions of hostility, would he find against me, He counteth me an enemy to him;
Psalms 73:13Altogether in vain, Have I cleansed my heart, And bathed in pureness, my hands;
Matthew Henry on Job 9:26-35
25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. 26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. 29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor… Read the whole commentary →