Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Then in corruption Thou dost dip me, And my garments have abominated me.
New American Standard Bible
And my own clothes would abhor me.
King James Version
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Holman Bible
and my own clothes despise me!
International Standard Version
you'll still drop me into the Pit, and my own clothes will despise me.
A Conservative Version
yet thou will plunge me in the ditch, and my own clothes shall abhor me.
American Standard Version
Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Amplified
You would still plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes would hate me [and refuse to cover my foul body].
Bible in Basic English
Then you will have me pushed into the dust, so that I will seem disgusting to my very clothing.
Darby Translation
Then wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would abhor me.
Julia Smith Translation
Then thou wilt immerse me in the ditch, and my garments abhorred me.
King James 2000
Yet shall you plunge me in the ditch, and my own clothes shall abhor me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
then you plunge me into the [slime] pit, and my clothes abhor me.
Modern King James verseion
yet You will plunge me into the ditch and my own clothes shall despise me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
yet shouldest thou dip me in the mire, and mine own clothes should defile me.
NET Bible
then you plunge me into a slimy pit and my own clothes abhor me.
New Heart English Bible
yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes shall abhor me.
The Emphasized Bible
Then, in a ditch, wouldst thou plunge me, and mine own clothes should abhor me:
Webster
Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, and my own clothes shall abhor me.
World English Bible
yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes shall abhor me.
Themes
Pardon » Outward purifications, ineffectual for
Purifications or baptisms » Insufficient for spiritual purification
Self-righteousness » Is vain because our righteousness is » Ineffectual for salvation
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 9:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad
30 If I have washed myself with snow-water, And purified with soap my hands, 31 Then in corruption Thou dost dip me, And my garments have abominated me. 32 But if a man like myself -- I answer him, We come together into judgment.
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Cross References
Job 9:20
If I be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked, Perfect I am! -- it declareth me perverse.
Job 15:6
Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.
Isaiah 59:6
Their webs become not a garment, Nor do they cover themselves with their works, Their works are works of iniquity, And a deed of violence is in their hands.
Isaiah 64:6
And we are as unclean -- all of us, And as a garment passing away, all our righteous acts; And we fade as a leaf -- all of us. And our iniquities as wind do take us away.
Philippians 3:8-9
yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom of the all things I suffered loss, and do count them to be refuse, that Christ I may gain, and be found in him,