Job 9:31
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.”
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BSBPD
“then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Then in corruption Thou dost dip me, And my garments have abominated me.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 9:31 — 7 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 14:17My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
- Job 15:6Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
- Isaiah 59:6Their 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.
- Isaiah 64:6Each 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.
- Jeremiah 2:22Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
- Philippians 3:8More 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
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