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Job 9:20-22
Contemporary English Version
Job 9:20-22
Contemporary English Version
20 Even if I were innocent,
God would prove me wrong.[a]
21 I am not guilty,
but I no longer care
what happens to me.
22 What difference does it make?
God destroys the innocent
along with the guilty.
Footnotes
- 9.20 God … wrong: Or “my own words would prove me wrong.”
Job 9:20-22
New International Version
Job 9:20-22
New International Version
20 Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;
if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.(A)
Job 9:20-22
King James Version
Job 9:20-22
King James Version
20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
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