Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Why then should I toil in vain?
King James Version
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
Holman Bible
why should I labor in vain?
International Standard Version
I will be condemned, so why should I wear myself out with this futility?
A Conservative Version
I shall be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?
American Standard Version
I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?
Amplified
“I am accounted wicked and held guilty;
Why then should I labor in vain [to appear innocent]?
Bible in Basic English
You will not let me be clear of sin! why then do I take trouble for nothing?
Darby Translation
Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain?
Julia Smith Translation
Shall I do evil, wherefore this shall I labor in vain?
King James 2000
If I am wicked, why then labor I in vain?
Lexham Expanded Bible
[If] I shall be [declared] guilty, why then should I labor in vain?
Modern King James verseion
I have been condemned; why then should I labor in vain?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If I be then a wicked doer, why have I laboured in vain?
NET Bible
If I am guilty, why then weary myself in vain?
New Heart English Bible
I shall be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?
The Emphasized Bible
I, shall be held guilty, - Wherefore then, in vain, should I toil?
Webster
If I am wicked, why then do I labor in vain?
World English Bible
I shall be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?
Youngs Literal Translation
I -- I am become wicked; why is this? In vain I labour.
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 9:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad
28
I become afraid of all my suffering, for I know you will not hold me innocent.
29
Why then should I toil in vain?
Phrases
Cross References
Job 9:22
It is all one; therefore I say, He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.
Job 10:2
I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
Job 10:7
although you know that I am not guilty, and there is none to deliver out of your hand?
Job 10:14-17
If I sin, you watch me and do not acquit me of my iniquity.
Job 21:16-17
Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand? The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 21:27
"Behold, I know your thoughts and your schemes to wrong me.
Job 22:5-30
Is not your evil abundant? There is no end to your iniquities.
Psalm 37:33
The LORD will not abandon him to his power or let him be condemned when he is brought to trial.
Psalm 73:13
All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.
Jeremiah 2:35
you say, 'I am innocent; surely his anger has turned from me.' Behold, I will bring you to judgment for saying, 'I have not sinned.'