Job 9:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 1:1 : 1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.
  • Job 7:15-16 : 15 So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains. 16 I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.
  • Job 7:21 : 21 And why do you not take away my sin, and let my wrongdoing be ended? for now I go down to the dust, and you will be searching for me with care, but I will be gone.
  • Ps 139:23-24 : 23 O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested: 24 See if there is any way of sorrow in me, and be my guide in the eternal way.
  • Prov 28:26 : 26 He whose faith is in himself is foolish; but everyone walking wisely will be kept safe.
  • Jer 17:9-9 : 9 The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it? 10 I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.
  • 1 John 3:20 : 20 When our heart says that we have done wrong; because God is greater than our heart, and has knowledge of all things.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 9:19-20
    2 verses
    85%

    19 If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?

    20 Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.

  • Job 9:22
    78%

    22 It is all the same to me; so I say, He puts an end to the sinner and to him who has done no wrong together.

  • Job 9:27-31
    5 verses
    73%

    27 If I say, I will put my grief out of mind, I will let my face be sad no longer and I will be bright;

    28 I go in fear of all my pains; I am certain that I will not be free from sin in your eyes.

    29 You will not let me be clear of sin! why then do I take trouble for nothing?

    30 If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap;

    31 Then you will have me pushed into the dust, so that I will seem disgusting to my very clothing.

  • Job 7:16
    73%

    16 I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.

  • Job 10:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14 That, if I did wrong, you would take note of it, and would not make me clear from sin:

    15 That, if I was an evil-doer, the curse would come on me; and if I was upright, my head would not be lifted up, being full of shame and overcome with trouble.

  • Job 9:15
    71%

    15 Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me.

  • Job 9:35
    71%

    35 Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.

  • Job 6:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9 If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!

    10 So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 33:9
    71%

    9 I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:

  • 2 Sam 22:24
    71%

    24 And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

  • Prov 20:9
    71%

    9 Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?

  • Job 10:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1 My soul is tired of life; I will let my sad thoughts go free in words; my soul will make a bitter outcry.

    2 I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.

  • Job 42:6
    70%

    6 For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.

  • Ps 18:23
    70%

    23 And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

  • Job 13:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14 I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.

    15 Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him;

  • Job 31:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6 (Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:)

    7 If my steps have been turned out of the way, or if my heart went after my eyes, or if the property of another is in my hands;

  • Job 7:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20 If I have done wrong, what have I done to you, O keeper of men? why have you made me a mark for your blows, so that I am a weariness to myself?

    21 And why do you not take away my sin, and let my wrongdoing be ended? for now I go down to the dust, and you will be searching for me with care, but I will be gone.

  • Job 27:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5 Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.

    6 I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.

  • Job 13:19
    70%

    19 Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

  • Job 9:2
    70%

    2 Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?

  • Job 19:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4 And, truly, if I have been in error, the effect of my error is only on myself.

    5 If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,

  • Job 10:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19 And for me to have been as if I had not been; to have been taken from my mother's body straight to my last resting-place.

    20 Are not the days of my life small in number? Let your eyes be turned away from me, so that I may have a little pleasure,

  • Job 34:32
    69%

    32 ...

  • Ps 73:16
    69%

    16 When my thoughts were turned to see the reason of this, it was a weariness in my eyes;

  • Ps 139:23
    69%

    23 O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:

  • Job 10:7
    69%

    7 Though you see that I am not an evil-doer; and there is no one who is able to take a man out of your hands?

  • Job 9:11
    69%

    11 See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.

  • Job 19:27
    69%

    27 Whom I will see on my side, and not as one strange to me. My heart is broken with desire.

  • Job 21:4
    68%

    4 As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

  • Job 23:7
    68%

    7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

  • Ps 101:2
    68%

    2 I will do wisely in the way of righteousness: O when will you come to me? I will be walking in my house with a true heart.

  • Ps 39:4
    68%

    4 Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am.

  • Job 31:29
    68%

    29 If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;

  • Job 7:11
    68%

    11 So I will not keep my mouth shut; I will let the words come from it in the pain of my spirit, my soul will make a bitter outcry.

  • Eccl 7:23
    68%

    23 All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.

  • Job 42:3
    68%

    3 Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.