World English Bible
Job 9:20
“Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.”
Verse in context — Job 9
18
He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
19
If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, 'Who,' says he, 'will summon me?
20
Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.
21
I am blameless. I don't respect myself. I despise my life.
22
It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.
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