Verse Comparison: Job 9:29
American Standard Version
I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?
Amplified® Bible
I shall be held guilty {and} be condemned; why then should I labor in vain [to appear innocent]?
Contemporary English Version
So what's the use of trying to prove my innocence?
Darby English Version
Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain?
Good News Bible
Since I am held guilty, why should I bother?
King James Version
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
New American Standard Bible
"I am accounted wicked, Why then should I toil in vain?
New International Version
Since I am already found guilty,
why should I struggle in vain?
New King James Version
If I am condemned,
Why then do I labor in vain?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"I have received the judgment of wicked, Why then should I toil in vain?
Revised Standard Version
I shall be condemned; why then do I labor in vain?
Young's Literal Translation
I -- I am become wicked; why `is' this? `In' vain I labour.