Job 9:21

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For though I be an innocent and my conscience cleare, yet am I weery of my lyfe.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 1:1 : 1 In the lande of Hus there was a man whose name was Iob, & the same was a perfect and iust man, one that feared God and eschued euill.
  • Job 7:15-16 : 15 That my soule wisheth rather to perishe and die, then my bones to remayne. 16 I can see no remedy, I shall liue no more: O spare me then, for my dayes are but vanitie.
  • Job 7:21 : 21 Why doest thou not pardon my trespasses, and take away myne iniquitie? Behold, nowe must I sleepe in the dust, and if thou sekest me to morowe in the morning, I shal not be.
  • Ps 139:23-24 : 23 Searche me to the quicke O Lorde, and knowe thou myne heart: proue me and knowe thou my thoughtes. 24 And loke well yf there be any way of peruersnesse in me: and then leade me in the way of the worlde.
  • Prov 28:26 : 26 He that trusteth in his owne heart is a foole: but he that dealeth wisely shalbe safe.
  • Jer 17:9-9 : 9 Among all thynges, man hath the most deceiptfull and stubburne heart: Who shall then knowe it? 10 Euen I the Lorde searche out the grounde of the heart, & trye the raynes, and rewarde euery man accordyng to his wayes, and accordyng to the fruite of his workes.
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I knowe nothing by my selfe, yet am I not thereby iustified: but he that iudgeth me is the Lorde.
  • 1 John 3:20 : 20 For yf our heart condempne vs, God is greater then our heart, and knoweth all thynges.

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  • Job 9:19-20
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    85%

    19 If men will speake of strength, lo he is strong: if men will speake of iudgement, who shall bring me in to pleade?

    20 If I will iustifie my selfe, myne owne mouth shall condempne me: if I will put foorth my selfe for a perfect man, he shall proue me a wicked doer.

  • 22 This is one poynt, and therefore I sayd, He destroyeth both the perfect and vngodly.

  • Job 9:27-31
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    27 If I say, I will forget my complayning, I will ceasse from my wrath, and comfort my selfe:

    28 Then am I afrayde of all my sorowes, for I knowe that thou wilt not iudge me innocent.

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

    30 If I washe my selfe with snowe water, and make myne handes neuer so cleane at the well:

    31 Yet shalt thou dippe me in the myre, and mine owne clothes shal defile me.

  • 16 I can see no remedy, I shall liue no more: O spare me then, for my dayes are but vanitie.

  • Job 10:14-15
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    14 If I dyd sinne, thou haddest an eye vnto me, and shalt not pronounce me innocent from myne offence.

    15 If I haue done wickedly, wo is me therefore: If I haue done righteously, yet dare I not lift vp my head, so full am I of confusion, and see myne owne miserie.

  • 15 For though I were righteous, yet might I not geue him one word againe, but mekely submit my selfe to hym as my iudge.

  • 35 And then shall I aunswere hym without any feare: but because I am not so, I holde me still.

  • Job 6:9-10
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    9 O that God would begin and smite me, that he would let his hand go and take me cleane away:

    10 Then shoulde I haue some comfort, yea I woulde desire him in my payne that he would not spare, for I wil not be against the wordes of the holy one.

  • 9 I am cleane without any fault, I am innocent, & there is no wickednesse in me.

  • 24 In his sight also haue I ben vpright: and haue kept me from myne owne iniquitie.

  • 9 Who can say, I haue made my heart cleane, I am pure from my sinne?

  • Job 10:1-2
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    1 My soule is cut of though I lyue, I wil powre out my coplaynte against my selfe, and will speake out of the very heauinesse of my soule.

    2 I will say vnto God: O do not condempne me, but shewe me wherefore thou contendest so with me?

  • 6 Wherefore I geue myne owne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes.

  • 23 And I was sounde & pure towardes hym: and I was weery lest I shoulde offende hym with my wickednesse.

  • Job 13:14-15
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    14 Wherefore do I beare my fleshe in my teeth, and put my soule in myne handes?

    15 Lo, though he slay me, yet wyl I trust in him: but I wyll reproue myne owne wayes in his sight.

  • Job 31:6-7
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    6 Let me be wayed in an euen balaunce, that God may see myne innocencie.

    7 If my steppe hath turned out of the way, & myne heart walked after myne eyes, and if any blot haue cleaued to my handes:

  • Job 7:20-21
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    20 I haue offended, what shall I do vnto the, O thou preseruer of men? Why hast thou set me as a marke against thee, so that I am a burden to my selfe?

    21 Why doest thou not pardon my trespasses, and take away myne iniquitie? Behold, nowe must I sleepe in the dust, and if thou sekest me to morowe in the morning, I shal not be.

  • Job 27:5-6
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    5 God forbyd that I should graunt your cause to be right: As for me, vntill myne end come will I neuer go fro myne innocentie.

    6 My righteous dealing kepe I fast, which I will not forsake: my heart shal not reproue me of my dayes.

  • 19 What is he that wyll go to lawe with me? if I now holde my tongue I dye.

  • 2 I knowe it is so of a trueth: For how may a man compared vnto God be iustified?

  • Job 19:4-5
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    4 Be it that I haue erred in deede, myne errour then remaineth with my selfe.

    5 But if ye wyll aduaunce your selues against me, and rebuke me for the shame that is come vpon me:

  • Job 10:19-20
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    19 And that I were as though I had not ben, but brought from the wombe to the graue.

    20 Are not my dayes fewe? Let him then leaue of fro me, and let me a lone, that I may comfort my selfe a litle,

  • 32 If I haue gone amisse, enfourme thou me: If I haue done wrong, I wyll leaue of.

  • 16 Therfore I considered howe I might vnderstande this: but it was to paynefull in myne eyes.

  • 23 Searche me to the quicke O Lorde, and knowe thou myne heart: proue me and knowe thou my thoughtes.

  • 7 Whereas thou knowest whether I shall do wickedly or no, and that none can deliuer me out of thyne hande.

  • 11 Lo, when he goeth by me, I shal not see hym, and when he passeth, I shall not perceaue hym.

  • 27 Whom I my selfe shall see, and myne eyes shall beholde, and none other for me, though my raines are consumed within me.

  • 4 Is it for mans sake that I make this disputation? Which if it were so, shoulde not my spirite then be in sore trouble?

  • 7 There the righteous might dispute with him, so shoulde I be deliuered for euer from my iudge.

  • 2 I wyll endeuour my selfe to be fully instructed in the way of perfectnesse: when thou wylt come vnto me, I wil go vp and downe in the middest of my house in the perfectnesse of my heart.

  • 4 O God make me to knowe mine ende, and the number of my dayes: that I may be certified howe long I haue to lyue.

  • 29 Haue I euer reioyced at the hurt of myne enemie? or was I euer glad that any harme happened vnto him? Oh, no.

  • 11 Therfore I wil not spare my mouth, but I will speake in the trouble of my spirite, and muse in the bitternesse of my mynde.

  • 23 All these thinges haue I proued in wysdome, for I thought to be wyse, but she went farther from me then she was before:

  • 3 For who can keepe his owne counsaile so secrete but it shalbe knowen? Therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstoode not, euen the thinges that are to wonderfull for me, and passe myne vnderstanding.