Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Though I am guiltless, He will declare me guilty.
King James Version
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
Holman Bible
if I were blameless, my mouth would declare me guilty.
International Standard Version
Though I'm in the right, my own mouth will condemn me; though I'm blameless, he'll pronounce me as guilty.
A Conservative Version
Though I be righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
American Standard Version
Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
Amplified
“Though I am innocent and in the right, my own mouth would pronounce me guilty;
Though I am blameless, He would denounce me as guilty.
Bible in Basic English
Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.
Darby Translation
If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove me perverse.
Julia Smith Translation
If I shall be just, my mouth shall condemn me: I am blameless, and he will declare me perverse.
King James 2000
If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am blameless, it shall also prove me perverse.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Even though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me; [even though] I [am] blameless, yet it would pronounce me guilty.
Modern King James verseion
If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me; though I am perfect, He shall declare me perverse.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If I will justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me; if I will put forth my self for a perfect man, he shall prove me a wicked doer.
NET Bible
Although I am innocent, my mouth would condemn me; although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse.
New Heart English Bible
Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.
The Emphasized Bible
If I should justify myself, mine own mouth, would condemn me, - I blameless? then had it shewn me perverse.
Webster
If I justify myself, my own mouth will condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, that also will prove me perverse.
World English Bible
Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.
Youngs Literal Translation
If I be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked, Perfect I am! -- it declareth me perverse.
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 9:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad
19
If we were to speak of his strength, he is certainly strong; and if of his judgment, who shall cause us to meet?
20
Though I am guiltless, He will declare me guilty.
Cross References
Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and departed from evil.
Job 4:17
Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Job 9:2
I know it is so of a truth, but how shall a man be justified with God?
Job 15:5-6
For thy mouth has declared thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.
Job 32:1-2
So these three men ceased to answer Job because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Job 33:8-13
Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
Job 34:35
Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words were without prudence.
Job 35:16
therefore, Job opened his mouth in vain and multiplied words without knowledge.
Psalm 130:3
If thou, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall endure?
Psalm 143:2
And enter not into judgment with thy slave; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Proverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words there is no lack of rebellion, but he that refrains his lips is wise.
Proverbs 17:20
He that has a perverse heart shall never find good, and he that stirs up trouble with his tongue shall fall into evil.
Isaiah 6:5
Then I said, Woe is me! for I am dead because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of the hosts.
Matthew 12:36-37
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Luke 10:29
But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
Luke 16:15
And he said unto them, Ye are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts, for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Philippians 3:12-15
Not as though I had already attained it, either were already perfect, but I follow after, if I may lay hold of that for which I have also been laid hold of by the Christ, Jesus.
1 Timothy 6:5
perverse disputings of men of corrupt understanding, and destitute of the truth, using piety as a source of gain: from such withdraw thyself.
James 3:2
For we all offend in many things. If any man offends not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to govern the whole body with restraint.