Job 9:29

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

Shall I do evil, wherefore this shall I labor in vain?

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And thou wilt say, Because I was innocent his anger turned back from me. Behold me judging thee for thy saying, I sinned not

Surely in vain I cleansed my heart, and I will wash my hands in cleanness.

Jehovah will not leave him in his Land, and he will not condemn him in his being judged.

Behold, I knew your purposes, and the devices ye will shake off against me.

Upon thy knowledge that I will not do evil; and none delivering from thy hand.

Saying to God, Thou wilt not condemn me; make known to me for what thou wilt contend with me.

It is one: for this, I said, The blameless one and the unjust one he finishes.

If I shall be just, my mouth shall condemn me: I am blameless, and he will declare me perverse.

Behold, he will find enmity against me, and he will reckon me for an enemy to him.