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Job 9:20

American Standard Version

Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.

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Job 9:20 in other translations

Though I am righteous, my own mouth will condemn me.
Though I am blameless, it will prove me perverse.

Job 9:20 · World English Bible

Job 9:20 in context

  1. 18He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.
  2. 19If we speak of strength, lo, he is mighty! And if of justice, Who, saith he, will summon me?
  3. 20Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
  4. 21I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.
  5. 22It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.