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Job 9:20

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Even though innocent, anything I say incriminates me;

blameless as I am, my defense just makes me sound worse.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Though I am in the right, my own mouth would condemn me;

though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;

if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Even if I were in the right, my own mouth would condemn me;

if I were blameless, my mouth would declare me guilty.

NLTNew Living Translation

Though I am innocent, my own mouth would pronounce me guilty.

Though I am blameless, it would prove me wicked.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Even though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me;

even though I am blameless, yet it would pronounce me guilty.

KJV 1900King James Version

If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me:

If I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.