Job 9:20
“If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Job 9:20 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Wenn ich auch gerecht wäre, so würde mein Mund mich doch verdammen; wäre ich vollkommen, so würde er mich für verkehrt erklären.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Si yo me justificare, me condenará mi boca; si me dijere perfecto, esto me hará inicuo.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Ainda que eu seja justo, minha boca me condenaria; se eu fosse inocente, então ela me declararia perverso.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Mesmo estando com a razão, minha própria boca me condenaria; mesmo que eu não tenha culpa, minhas palavras me provariam culpado.
📖 Job 9:20 in Context
18He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
19If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
21Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
22This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
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