Job 9:29

King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

If I be wicked, why then labor I in vain?

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Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; show me wherefore thou contendest with me.

This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy;