20Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.


In Context

17 He would crush me with a storm and multiply my wounds for no reason.

18 He would not let me regain my breath but would overwhelm me with misery.

19 If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who will summon him ?

20 Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.

21 "Although I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.

22 It is all the same; that is why I say, 'He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.'

Job 9:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: [if I say, I am] perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:20If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would shew myself innocent, he shall prove me wicked.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:20Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:20If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove me perverse.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:20Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:20If I justify myself, my own mouth will condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, that also will prove me perverse.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:20Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:20If I be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked, Perfect I am! — it declareth me perverse.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:20If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.