Old Testament · VERSE 20

Job 9:20

King James Version

If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

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Job 9:20 in context

Job 9:18

He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

Job 9:19

If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

Job 9:20SELECTED VERSE

If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

Job 9:21

Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

Job 9:22

This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

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