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Job 9:20 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Though I am righteous, my own mouth will condemn me. Though I am blameless, it will prove me perverse. "

Job 9:20

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18 He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

19 If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, ‘Who,’ says he, ‘will summon me?’

20 Though I am righteous, my own mouth will condemn me. Though I am blameless, it will prove me perverse.

21 I am blameless. I don’t respect myself. I despise my life.

22 “It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.

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