Job

Job 9:20–21

20Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me;

if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.e

21Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself;

I despise my own life.

Footnotes

  • e 9:20 Or He would declare me guilty

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Job 9:20

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Even ifאִם־’im-ConjunctionH518 if
I were righteousאֶ֭צְדָּק’eṣ·dāqVerb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularH6663 be just, righteous
my mouthפִּ֣יpîNoun - masculine singular construct; first person common singularH6310 mouth
would condemn meיַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִיyar·šî·‘ê·nîVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singularH7561 be wicked, act wickedly
if Iאָ֝֗נִי’ā·nîPronoun - first person common singularH589 I
were blamelessתָּֽם־tām-Adjective - masculine singularH8535 complete
it would declare me guiltyוַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִי׃way·ya‘·qə·šê·nîConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singularH6140 twist

Job 9:21

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Though Iאָ֭נִי’ā·nîPronoun - first person common singularH589 I
am blamelessתָּֽם־tām-Adjective - masculine singularH8535 complete
I have noלֹֽא־lō-Adverb - Negative particleH3808 not
concernאֵדַ֥ע’ê·ḏa‘Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularH3045 know
for myselfנַפְשִׁ֗יnap̄·šîNoun - feminine singular construct; first person common singularH5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
I despiseאֶמְאַ֥ס’em·’asVerb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularH3988 reject
my own lifeחַיָּֽי׃ḥay·yāyNoun - masculine plural construct; first person common singularH2416 alive, living

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 9:20 Psalm 143:2 · Job 34:35 · Job 15:5–6 · Psalm 130:3 · Job 4:17 · Job 9:2 · Job 32:1–2 · Philippians 3:12–15

Job 9:21 Psalm 139:23–24 · Job 1:1 · 1 Corinthians 4:4 · Job 7:21 · Proverbs 28:26

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.