Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"I'm blameless; I don't know myself; I despise 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.
Holman Bible
I no longer care about myself;
I renounce 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 Though I'm in the right, my own mouth will condemn me; though I'm blameless, he'll pronounce me as guilty. 21 "I'm blameless; I don't know myself; I despise my life. 22 I say it's all the same he destroys both the blameless and the guilty.
Cross References
Job 1:1
There once was a man in the land of Uz named Job. The man was blameless as well as upright. He feared God and kept away from evil.
Job 7:15-16
I would rather die by strangulation than continue living.
Job 7:21
Why haven't you pardoned my transgression and taken away my iniquity? Now I'm about to lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I won't be around!"
Psalm 139:23-24
Examine me, God, and know my mind, test me, and know my thoughts.
Proverbs 28:26
Whoever trusts in himself is foolish, but whoever lives wisely will be kept safe.
Jeremiah 17:9-10
"The heart is more deceitful than anything. It is incurable who can know it?
1 Corinthians 4:4
For my conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who examines me.
1 John 3:20
If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knows everything.