Job 9:31

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.”

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BSBPD

“then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Then in corruption Thou dost dip me, And my garments have abominated me.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 9:31 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 9:20Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
  2. Job 14:17My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
  3. Job 15:6Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
  4. Isaiah 59:6Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
  5. Isaiah 64:6Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
  6. Jeremiah 2:22Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
  7. Philippians 3:8More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ

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