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 am afraid of all my suffering and I know that God will not hold me innocent.
29
Why then should I toil in vain?
Phrases
Cross References
Job 9:22
It is all one thing. Therefore I say: God destroys the blameless and the wicked.
Job 10:2
I will say to God: 'Do not condemn me, but tell me what charges you have against me.
Job 10:7
You know that I am not guilty and that no one can force me from your hand!
Job 10:14-17
If I sinned, you would be watching me and would not let my offense go unpunished.
Job 21:16-17
Is their prosperity indeed their own achievement? The plans of the wicked are repugnant to me.
Job 21:27
Oh, I know your thoughts, and your schemes to wrong me.
Job 22:5-30
Is not your wickedness great? There is no end to your iniquities.
Psalm 37:33
Jehovah will not leave him in his hand or let him be condemned when he is judged.
Psalm 73:13
I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.
Jeremiah 2:35
After all this you say: 'I am innocent. God will turn his anger from me. For I have not sinned.'