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19 If it is a matter of[a] strength, look, he is mighty.
But[b] if it is a matter of[c] justice, who can summon me?[d]
20 Even though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me;
even though I am blameless, yet[e] it would pronounce me guilty.
21 “I am blameless; I do not care about myself;[f]
I loathe my life.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:19 Literally “for”; see NASB, NIV, NET
  2. Job 9:19 Hebrew “And”
  3. Job 9:19 Literally “for”; NASB, NIV, NET, NRSV
  4. Job 9:19 Or “arraign me”
  5. Job 9:20 Hebrew “and”
  6. Job 9:21 Perhaps the meaning is “but it makes no difference to me” (NLT)