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Job 9:20

20  Though I am in the right, wmy own mouth would condemn me;

though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.

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Job 9:20 — The New International Version (NIV)

20 Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;

if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.

Job 9:20 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me:

If I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

Job 9:20 — New Living Translation (NLT)

20 Though I am innocent, my own mouth would pronounce me guilty.

Though I am blameless, it would prove me wicked.

Job 9:20 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

20 Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me;

Though I were blameless, it would prove me perverse.

Job 9:20 — New Century Version (NCV)

20 Even if I were right, my own mouth would say I was wrong;

if I were innocent, my mouth would say I was guilty.

Job 9:20 — American Standard Version (ASV)

20 Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me:

Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.

Job 9:20 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

20 If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove me perverse.

Job 9:20 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

20 If I am righteous, my own mouth would condemn me. 

It would declare that I am corrupt even if I am a man of integrity. 

Job 9:20 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

20 Even if I were in the right, my own mouth would condemn me;

if I were blameless, my mouth would declare me guilty.

Job 9:20 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

20 Though I am innocent, my own mouth would condemn me;

though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.

Job 9:20 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

20 Even though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me;

even though I am blameless, yet it would pronounce me guilty.

Job 9:20 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

20 Even if I hadn’t sinned, what I said would prove me guilty.

Even if I were honest, my words would show that I’m wrong.

Job 9:20 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

20 Though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me;

Though I am guiltless, He will declare me guilty.


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