Job 9:20
If I be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked, Perfect I am! — it declareth me perverse.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
19If of power, lo, the Strong One; And if of judgment — who doth convene me?
21Perfect I am! — I know not my soul, I despise my life.
Cross References
Job 4:17'Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?
Job 9:28I have been afraid of all my griefs, I have known that Thou dost not acquit me.
Job 10:15If I have done wickedly — woe to me, And righteously — I lift not up my head, Full of shame — then see my affliction,
Job 15:5For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.
Job 32:1And these three men cease from answering Job, for he [is] righteous in his own eyes,
Job 34:35Job — not with knowledge doth he speak, And his words [are] not with wisdom.
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 →