TheWay BibleJob 9:20 KJV
Job · chapter 9 · verse 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 · King James Version
Job 9:20 in context
18He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
19If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
21Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
22This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- justifytsâdaqto be rightH6663 →
- condemnrâshaʻto be wrongH7561 →
- perfecttâmcompleteH8535 →
- mouthpehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
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What Job had said of man's utter inability to contend with God he here applies to himself, and in effect despairs of gaining his favour, which (some think) arises from the hard thoughts he had of God, as one who, having set himself against him, right or wrong, would be too hard for him.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-21