🌪️WEB · Job 9:20

What does Job 9:20 mean?

"Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse."

— Job 9:20 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

17

For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.

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.

23

If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.

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