Job 9:31
Then in corruption Thou dost dip me, And my garments have abominated me.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
In Context
30If I have washed myself with snow-water, And purified with soap my hands,
32But if a man like myself — I answer him, We come together into judgment.
Cross References
Job 14:17Sealed up in a bag [is] my transgression, And Thou sewest up mine iniquity.
Isaiah 59:6Their webs become not a garment, Nor do they cover themselves with their works, Their works [are] works of iniquity, And a deed of violence [is] in their hands.
Jeremiah 2:22But though thou dost wash with nitre, And dost multiply to thyself soap, Marked is thine iniquity before Me, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
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 →