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Job 9:20

World English Bible

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

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Job 9:20 in other translations

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

Job 9:20 · American Standard Version

Job 9:20 in context

  1. 18He will not allow me to catch my breath,
    but fills me with bitterness.
  2. 19If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty!
    If of justice, ‘Who,’ says he, ‘will summon me?’
  3. 20Though I am righteous, my own mouth will condemn me.
    Though I am blameless, it will prove me perverse.
  4. 21I am blameless.
    I don’t respect myself.
    I despise my life.
  5. 22“It is all the same.
    Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.