Job 9:29–31
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The verdict has already been handed down—‘Guilty!’—
so what’s the use of protests or appeals?
Even if I scrub myself all over
and wash myself with the strongest soap I can find,
It wouldn’t last—you’d push me into a pigpen, or worse,
so nobody could stand me for the stink.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
I shall be condemned;
why then do I labor in vain?
If I wash myself with snow
and cleanse my hands with lye,
yet you will plunge me into a pit,
and my own clothes will abhor me.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
Since I am already found guilty,
why should I struggle in vain?
Even if I washed myself with soap
and my hands with cleansing powder,
you would plunge me into a slime pit
so that even my clothes would detest me.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Since I will be found guilty,
why should I struggle in vain?
If I wash myself with snow,
and cleanse my hands with lye,
then you dip me in a pit of mud,
and my own clothes despise me!
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Whatever happens, I will be found guilty.
So what’s the use of trying?
Even if I were to wash myself with soap
and clean my hands with lye,
you would plunge me into a muddy ditch,
and my own filthy clothing would hate me.
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
If I shall be declared guilty,
why then should I labor in vain?
If I wash myself with soap,
and I cleanse my hands with lye,
then you plunge me into the slime pit,
and my clothes abhor me.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
If I be wicked,
Why then labour I in vain?
If I wash myself with snow water,
And make my hands never so clean;
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch,
And mine own clothes shall abhor me.
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