Job 9:29 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?”

Job 9:29 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 9:29 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 9:29 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

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

Job 9:29 — World English Bible

Job 9:29 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?”

Job 9:29 — American Standard Version

Job 9:29 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“I--I am become wicked; why <FI>is<Fi> this? <FI>In<Fi> vain I labour.”

Job 9:29 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 9:29 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain? ”

Job 9:29 — Darby Translation

Job 9:29 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“If I be wicked, why labour I thus in vaine?”

Job 9:29 — Geneva Bible

Job 9:29 in Context — Job 9

27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.

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What Does Job 9:29 Mean?

Job 9:29 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 9. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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