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20 Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me:
Though I be perfect, [a]it shall prove me perverse.
21 [b]I am perfect; I regard not myself;
I despise my life.
22 It is all one; therefore I say,
He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

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  1. Job 9:20 Or, he
  2. Job 9:21 Or, Though I be perfect, I will not regard etc.

20 Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;
    if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.(A)

21 “Although I am blameless,(B)
    I have no concern for myself;(C)
    I despise my own life.(D)
22 It is all the same; that is why I say,
    ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’(E)

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