Job 9:31
29 Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
30 If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
32 For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
33 Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
- KJV
- Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
- WEB
- yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes will abhor me.
- ASV
- Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.
- DARBY
- Then wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would abhor me.
- BLB
- yet into the pit You will plunge me, and my own garments will abhor me.
- ÅB
- da skulle du dyppe meg i en grøft, så mine klær vemmedes ved meg.
- OTB
- ville Du kaste meg i en grop,
slik at selv mine klær ville avsky meg. - B1930
- da skulde du dyppe mig i en grøft, så mine klær vemmedes ved mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 15:6
Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:8–9
More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
Read in contextJob 9:20
Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
Read in contextIsaiah 59:6
Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
Read in contextIsaiah 64:6
Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
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