Job 9:20–22
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Even though innocent, anything I say incriminates me;
blameless as I am, my defense just makes me sound worse.
If God’s Not Responsible, Who Is?
21–24“Believe me, I’m blameless.
I don’t understand what’s going on.
I hate my life!
Since either way it ends up the same, I can only conclude
that God destroys the good right along with the bad.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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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.
I am blameless; I regard not myself;
I loathe my life.
It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;
if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.
“Although I am blameless,
I have no concern for myself;
I despise my own life.
It is all the same; that is why I say,
‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
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.
Though I am blameless,
I no longer care about myself;
I renounce my life.
It is all the same. Therefore I say,
“He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.”
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Though I am innocent, my own mouth would pronounce me guilty.
Though I am blameless, it would prove me wicked.
“I am innocent,
but it makes no difference to me—
I despise my life.
Innocent or wicked, it is all the same to God.
That’s why I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
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.
“I am blameless; I do not care about myself;
I loathe my life.
It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
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.
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul:
I would despise my life.
This is one thing, therefore I said it,
He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
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