Job 9:29
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?”
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BSBPD
“Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“I--I am become wicked; why <FI>is<Fi> this? <FI>In<Fi> vain I labour.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 9:29 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 9:20Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
- Job 9:22It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
- Job 10:2I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
- Job 10:7though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?
- Job 10:14If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.
- Job 21:16Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
- Job 21:27Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
- Job 22:5Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
- Job 33:10Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.
- Psalms 37:33the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned under judgment.
- Psalms 73:13Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
- Jeremiah 2:35you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
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