Job 9:21

Geneva Bible (1560)

Though I were perfite, yet I knowe not my soule: therefore abhorre I my life.

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  • Job 1:1 : 1 There was a man in the lande of Vz called Iob, & this man was an vpright and iust man, one that feared God, and eschewed euill.
  • Job 7:15-16 : 15 Therefore my soule chuseth rather to be strangled and to die, then to be in my bones. 16 I abhorre it, I shall not liue alway: spare me then, for my dayes are but vanitie.
  • Job 7:21 : 21 And why doest thou not pardon my trespasse? and take away mine iniquitie? for nowe shall I sleepe in the dust, and if thou seekest me in the morning, I shall not be found.
  • Ps 139:23-24 : 23 Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes, 24 And consider if there be any way of wickednes in me, and leade me in the way for euer.
  • Prov 28:26 : 26 Hee that trusteth in his owne heart, is a foole: but he that walketh in wisdome, shall be deliuered.
  • Jer 17:9-9 : 9 The heart is deceitfull and wicked aboue all things, who can knowe it? 10 I the Lord search the heart, and try ye reines, euen to giue euery man according to his wayes, and according to the fruite of his workes.
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I know nothing by my selfe, yet am I not thereby iustified: but he that iudgeth me, is the Lord.
  • 1 John 3:20 : 20 For if our heart condemne vs, God is greater then our heart, and knoweth all things.

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  • Job 9:19-20
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    19If we speake of strength, behold, he is strog: if we speake of iudgement, who shall bring me in to pleade?

    20If I woulde iustifie my selfe, mine owne mouth shall condemne mee: if I would be perfite, he shall iudge me wicked.

  • Job 9:22
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    22This is one point: therefore I said, Hee destroyeth the perfite and the wicked.

  • Job 9:27-31
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    27If I say, I wil forget my complaynt, I will cease from my wrath, and comfort mee,

    28Then I am afrayd of all my sorowes, knowing that thou wilt not iudge me innocent.

    29If I be wicked, why labour I thus in vaine?

    30If I wash my selfe with snowe water, and purge mine hands most cleane,

    31Yet shalt thou plunge mee in the pit, and mine owne clothes shal make me filthie.

  • Job 7:16
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    16I abhorre it, I shall not liue alway: spare me then, for my dayes are but vanitie.

  • Job 10:14-15
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    14If I haue sinned, then thou wilt streightly looke vnto me, and wilt not holde mee giltlesse of mine iniquitie.

    15If I haue done wickedly, wo vnto me: if I haue done righteously, I will not lift vp mine head, being full of confusion, because I see mine affliction.

  • Job 9:15
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    15For though I were iust, yet could I not answere, but I would make supplicatio to my Iudge.

  • Job 9:35
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    35Then will I speake, & feare him not: but because I am not so, I holde me still.

  • Job 6:9-10
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    9That is, that God would destroy me: that he would let his hand go, and cut me off.

    10Then should I yet haue comfort, (though I burne with sorowe, let him not spare) because I haue not denyed the wordes of the Holy one.

  • Job 33:9
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    9I am cleane, without sinne: I am innocent, and there is none iniquitie in me.

  • 2 Sam 22:24
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    24I was vpright also towarde him, and haue kept me from my wickednesse.

  • Prov 20:9
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    9Who can say, I haue made mine heart cleane, I am cleane from my sinne?

  • Job 10:1-2
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    70%

    1My soule is cut off though I liue: I wil leaue my complaint vpon my selfe, & wil speake in the bitternesse of my soule.

    2I will say vnto God, Condemne mee not: shew me, wherefore thou contendest with mee.

  • Job 42:6
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    6Therefore I abhorre my selfe, and repent in dust and ashes.

  • Ps 18:23
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    23I was vpright also with him, & haue kept me from my wickednes.

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    14Wherefore doe I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my soule in mine hande?

    15Loe, though he slay me, yet will I trust in him, and I will reprooue my wayes in his sight.

  • Job 31:6-7
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    6Let God weigh me in the iust balance, and he shal know mine vprightnes.

    7If my steppe hath turned out of the way, or mine heart hath walked after mine eye, or if any blot hath cleaued to mine handes,

  • Job 7:20-21
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    20I haue sinned, what shal I do vnto thee? O thou preseruer of me, why hast thou set me as a marke against thee, so that I am a burden vnto my selfe?

    21And why doest thou not pardon my trespasse? and take away mine iniquitie? for nowe shall I sleepe in the dust, and if thou seekest me in the morning, I shall not be found.

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    5God forbid, that I should iustifie you: vntill I dye, I will neuer take away mine innocencie from my selfe.

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    19Who is he, that will pleade with me? for if I nowe holde my tongue, I dye.

  • Job 9:2
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    2I knowe verily that it is so: for howe should man compared vnto God, be iustified?

  • Job 19:4-5
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  • Job 10:19-20
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    70%

    19And that I were as I had not bene, but brought from the wombe to the graue!

    20Are not my dayes fewe? let him cease, and leaue off from me, that I may take a litle comfort,

  • Job 34:32
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    32But if I see not, teach thou me: if I haue done wickedly, I will doe no more.

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    16Then thought I to know this, but it was too painefull for me,

  • Ps 139:23
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    23Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes,

  • Job 10:7
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    7Thou knowest that I can not do wickedly: for none can deliuer me out of thine hand.

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    11Lo, when he goeth by me, I see him not: and when he passeth by, I perceiue him not.

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    27Whome I my selfe shall see, and mine eyes shall beholde, and none other for me, though my reynes are consumed within me.

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    2I will doe wisely in the perfite way, till thou commest to me: I will walke in the vprightnes of mine heart in the middes of mine house.

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    4Lord, let me know mine ende, and the measure of my dayes, what it is: let mee knowe howe long I haue to liue.

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    11Therefore I will not spare my mouth, but will speake in the trouble of my spirite, and muse in the bitternesse of my minde.

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    3Who is hee that hideth counsell without knowledge? therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstood not, euen things too wonderfull for me, and which I knew not.