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Job 9:29 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" I will be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain? "

Job 9:29

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27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up,’

28 I am afraid of all my sorrows. I know that you will not hold me innocent.

29 I will be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?

30 If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,

31 yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes will abhor me.

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