20If I be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked, Perfect I am! — it declareth me perverse.
20If I be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked, Perfect I am! — it declareth me perverse.
17 Because with a tempest He bruiseth me, And hath multiplied my wounds for nought.
18 He permitteth me not to refresh my spirit, But filleth me with bitter things.
19 If of power, lo, the Strong One; And if of judgment — who doth convene me?
20 If I be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked, Perfect I am! — it declareth me perverse.
21 Perfect I am! — I know not my soul, I despise my life.
22 It is the same thing, therefore I said, 'The perfect and the wicked He is consuming.'
9:20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: [if I say, I am] perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
9:20Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.
9:20If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would shew myself innocent, he shall prove me wicked.
9:20Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
9:20If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove me perverse.
9:20Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
9:20If I justify myself, my own mouth will condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, that also will prove me perverse.
9:20Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.
9:20If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.