Job 9:20-22
International Standard Version
20 Though I’m in the right, my own mouth will condemn me;
though I’m blameless, he’ll pronounce me as guilty.
21 “I’m blameless;
I don’t know myself;
I despise my life.
22 I say it’s all the same—
he destroys both the blameless and the guilty.[a]
Footnotes
- Job 9:22 Or wicked
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
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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