Job 9:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.”
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BSBPD
“I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“I have been afraid of all my griefs, I have known that Thou dost not acquit me.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 9:28 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 20:7You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
- Job 3:25For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
- Job 7:21Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
- Job 9:2“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
- Job 9:20Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
- Job 10:14If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.
- Job 14:16For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
- Job 21:6When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
- Job 33:10Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.
- Psalms 88:15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
- Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
- Psalms 130:3If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
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