Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
I shall be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?
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?
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 am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that you will not hold me innocent. 29 I shall be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain? 30 If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,
Phrases
Cross References
Job 9:22
"It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.
Job 10:2
I will tell God, 'Do not condemn me. Show me why you contend with me.
Job 10:7
Although you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who can deliver out of your hand.
Job 10:14-17
if I sin, then you mark me. You will not acquit me from my iniquity.
Job 21:16-17
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 21:27
"Behold, I know your thoughts, the devices with which you would wrong me.
Job 22:5-30
Isn't your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
Psalm 37:33
The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
Psalm 73:13
Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,
Jeremiah 2:35
"Yet you said, 'I am innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.' "Behold, I will judge you, because you say, 'I have not sinned.'