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


In Context

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.'

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:20Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.

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 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.