Job 9:29
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If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
In other translations
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Job 10:7Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?
- Psalm 73:13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
- Psalm 37:33The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned under judgment.
- Job 21:27Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
- Job 10:2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
- Job 9:22This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
- Job 21:16-1716 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.16 Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked. 17 How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
- Jeremiah 2:35Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
- Job 22:5-305 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? 6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. 8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.5 Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless? 6 For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing. 7 You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished, 8 while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.
- Job 10:14-1714 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction; 16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.14 If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity. 15 If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction. 16 Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me. 17 You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.
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