Job 9:29

What does Job 9:29 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 9:29 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

You will not let me be clear of sin! why then do I take trouble for nothing?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

I--I am become wicked; why <FI>is<Fi> this? <FI>In<Fi> vain I labour.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

But if so also I am wicked, why have I laboured in vain?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain?

Context

v.28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

v.29This passage

v.30If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 9:22

    It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

  • Psalms 73:13

    Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;

  • Job 10:7

    Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?

  • Job 21:16

    Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Job 10:14

    If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

  • Psalms 37:33

    Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him when he is judged.

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