Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
I no longer care about myself;
I renounce my life.
New American Standard Bible
I do not take notice of myself;
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King James Version
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
International Standard Version
"I'm blameless; I don't know myself; I despise my life.
A Conservative Version
Though I were perfect, I do not regard myself. I despise my life.
American Standard Version
I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.
Amplified
“[Though] I am blameless,
I do not care about myself;
I despise my life.
Bible in Basic English
I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.
Darby Translation
Were I perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
Julia Smith Translation
I am blameless, I shall not know my soul: I shall despise my life.
King James 2000
Though I were blameless, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"I [am] blameless; I do not care about myself; I loathe my life.
Modern King James verseion
Though I were perfect, yet I would not know my soul. I would despise my life.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For though I be an innocent, and my conscience clear, yea am I weary of my life.
NET Bible
I am blameless. I do not know myself. I despise my life.
New Heart English Bible
I am blameless. I do not regard myself. I despise my life.
The Emphasized Bible
I blameless? I should not know my own soul, I should despise my own life!
Webster
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
World English Bible
I am blameless. I don't respect myself. I despise my life.
Youngs Literal Translation
Perfect I am! -- I know not my soul, I despise my life.
Interlinear
Yada`
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 9:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad
20
if I were blameless, my mouth would declare me guilty.
I no longer care about myself;
I renounce my life.
“He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.”
Cross References
Job 1:1
There was a man in the country of Uz
Job 7:15-16
death rather than life in this body.
Job 7:21
and pardon my transgression?
For soon I will lie down in the grave.
You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone.
Psalm 139:23-24
test me and know my concerns.
Proverbs 28:26
but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.
Jeremiah 17:9-10
and incurable—who can understand it?
1 Corinthians 4:4
For I am not conscious of anything against myself, but I am not justified
1 John 3:20
even if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience, and He knows all things.