Job 9:29

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Job 9:29

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?

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KJV

King James Version

[If] I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

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WEB

World English Bible

I will be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?

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ASV

American Standard Version

I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Job 9

²⁷ If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’

²⁸ I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.

²⁹ Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?

³⁰ If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,

³¹ then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.

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