Job 9:28
26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.
- KJV
- I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
- WEB
- I am afraid of all my sorrows. I know that you will not hold me innocent.
- ASV
- I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
- DARBY
- I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
- BLB
- I would fear all my sorrows, [and] I know that You will not clear me.
- ÅB
- da gruer jeg for alle mine plager; jeg vet jo at du ikke frikjenner meg.
- OTB
- frykter jeg fortsatt alle mine lidelser,
for jeg vet at Du ikke vil frikjenne meg. - B1930
- da gruer jeg for alle mine plager; jeg vet jo at du ikke frikjenner mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 119:120
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Read in contextPsalms 88:15–16
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
Read in contextJob 9:20–21
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
Read in contextJob 14:16
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
Read in contextJob 10:14
If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
Read in contextJob 7:21
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
Read in contextJob 21:6
Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
Read in contextJob 3:25
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
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