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Job 9:20–22

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20Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;

if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.g

21“Although I am blameless,h

I have no concern for myself;i

I despise my own life.j

22It is all the same; that is why I say,

‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’k

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Cross references

  1. gSee ver 15
  2. hSee Ge 6:9; Job 34:6, 7
  3. iver 14; See Job 6:29; 10:1; 13:13
  4. jSee Nu 11:15; See Job 7:16
  5. kSee Job 3:19; 10:8; Ecc 9:2, 3; Eze 21:3

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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.’

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.”

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.’

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.’

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.