Parallel Verses
Webster
Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, and my own clothes shall abhor me.
New American Standard Bible
And my own clothes would abhor me.
King James Version
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Holman Bible
and my own clothes despise me!
International Standard Version
you'll still drop me into the Pit, and my own clothes will despise me.
A Conservative Version
yet thou will plunge me in the ditch, and my own clothes shall abhor me.
American Standard Version
Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Amplified
You would still plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes would hate me [and refuse to cover my foul body].
Bible in Basic English
Then you will have me pushed into the dust, so that I will seem disgusting to my very clothing.
Darby Translation
Then wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would abhor me.
Julia Smith Translation
Then thou wilt immerse me in the ditch, and my garments abhorred me.
King James 2000
Yet shall you plunge me in the ditch, and my own clothes shall abhor me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
then you plunge me into the [slime] pit, and my clothes abhor me.
Modern King James verseion
yet You will plunge me into the ditch and my own clothes shall despise me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
yet shouldest thou dip me in the mire, and mine own clothes should defile me.
NET Bible
then you plunge me into a slimy pit and my own clothes abhor me.
New Heart English Bible
yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes shall abhor me.
The Emphasized Bible
Then, in a ditch, wouldst thou plunge me, and mine own clothes should abhor me:
World English Bible
yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes shall abhor me.
Youngs Literal Translation
Then in corruption Thou dost dip me, And my garments have abominated me.
Themes
Pardon » Outward purifications, ineffectual for
Purifications or baptisms » Insufficient for spiritual purification
Self-righteousness » Is vain because our righteousness is » Ineffectual for salvation
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 9:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad
30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 31 Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, and my own clothes shall abhor me. 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
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Cross References
Job 9:20
If I justify myself, my own mouth will condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, that also will prove me perverse.
Job 15:6
Thy own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yes, thy own lips testify against thee.
Isaiah 59:6
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Isaiah 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Philippians 3:8-9
Yes doubtless, and I count all things to be loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them to be dung, that I may win Christ,