Job 9:29 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 9:29

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27 ^aIf I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,
I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,’

28 ^aI am afraid of all my sufferings;
I know that You ^bwill not hold me innocent.

29 If I am condemned,
Why then do I labor in vain?

30 ^aIf I wash myself with snow water,
And cleanse my hands with¹ soap,

31 Yet You will plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes will¹ abhor me.

32 “For ^aHe is not a man, as I am,
That I may answer Him,
And that we should go to court together.

33 ^aNor is there any mediator between us,
Who may lay his hand on us both.

Verse Comparison: Job 9:29

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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.

New English Translation
If I am guilty,¹ why then² weary myself³ in vain?⁴

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