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Job 9

Job 9:29 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If I be wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7561)
to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate
KJV usage: condemn, make trouble, vex, be (commit, deal, depart, do) wicked(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: raw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root
, why then labor
yaga` (Hebrew #3021)
properly, to gasp; hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil
KJV usage: faint, (make to) labour, (be) weary.
Pronounce: yaw-gah'
Origin: a primitive root
I in vain
hebel (Hebrew #1892)
from 1891; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
KJV usage: X altogether, vain, vanity.
Pronounce: heh'bel
Origin: or (rarely in the abs.) habel {hab-ale'}
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Job 9:22• 22It [is] all one: therefore I said,{HR}He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. (Job 9:22)
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Job 10:7,14‑17• 7Upon thy knowledge that I am not guilty,{HR}And that none can deliver out of thy hand?
14If I should sin, thou wouldest mark me,{HR}And not in mine iniquity hold me guiltless.
15If I be guilty, woe unto me!{HR}And righteous, I durst not raise my head,{HR}Filled with shame, and seeing my misery;
16And should it hold itself up, as a lion thou wouldest hunt me,{HR}And turn again, and act wondrously against me.
17Thou wouldest renew thy witnesses against me{HR}And multiply thy displeasure against me —{HR}Reinforcements, and a host upon me.
(Job 10:7,14‑17)
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Job 21:16‑17,27• 16Lo! their good [is] not in their hand.{HR}The counsel of the wicked be far from me.
17How oft is the lamp of the wicked put out,{HR}And their destruction cometh upon them —{HR}Torments he appointeth in his anger!
27Lo! I know your thoughts,{HR}And the plots ye do violently against me.
(Job 21:16‑17,27)
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Job 22:5‑30• 5Is not thy wickedness great,{HR}And no end of thine iniquities?
6For thou distrainedst thy brother without cause,{HR}And didst strip off the clothes of the naked;
7To the weary thou gavest no water,{HR}And from the hungry didst withhold bread.
8And the man of might — his was the land,{HR}And the accepted of face dwelleth in it.
9Widows didst thou send empty away,{HR}And the arms of the fatherless were broken.
10Therefore round about thee [are] snares,{HR}And sudden fear overpowereth thee.
11Or seest thou not the darkness,{HR}And the flood of waters covering thee?
12[Is] not God [Eloah] in the height of the heavens?{HR}And see the top of the stars, how high they are!
13And thou sayest, What knoweth God?{HR}Will he judge through the darkness?
14Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, and he seeth not,{HR}And he walketh on the circle of the heavens.
15Wilt thou keep to the old way{HR}Which men of iniquity trod,
16Who were snatched away untimely:{HR}A flood was poured on their foundation;
17Who were saying to God, Depart from us,{HR}And what could the Almighty do for them?
18And he filled their houses with good!{HR}But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19The righteous will see and rejoice,{HR}And the innocent mock at them:
20Is not our adversary cut down?{HR}And the fire devoureth their residue.
21Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with him, and be at peace;{HR}Thereby shall good come to thee.
22Receive, I pray thee, law from his mouth,{HR}And lay up his words in thy heart.
23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up;{HR}([If] thou put iniquity far away from thy tent),
24And put precious ore on the dust,{HR}And that of Ophir as stones of brooks;
25And the Almighty shall be thy precious ores,{HR}And silver of toilings to thee.
26For then in the Almighty shalt thou delight,{HR}And lift up thy face to God [Eloah].
27Thou shalt pray to him, and he shall hear thee,{HR}And thou shalt pay thy vows,
28And thou shalt decree a thing, and it is established to thee,{HR}And light shall shine on thy ways.
29When they are dejected, then shalt thou say, Lift up,{HR}And he will save him of downcast eyes;
30He will deliver him that is not guiltless,{HR}And he is rescued by the cleanness of thy hands.
(Job 22:5‑30)
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Psa. 73:13• 13Truly in vain I have cleansed my heart{HR}And washed my hands in innocency; (Psa. 73:13)
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Jer. 2:35• 35And thou sayest, Indeed I am innocent; his anger will turn from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee because thou sayest, I have not sinned. (Jer. 2:35)
 Longing for a daysman (vers. 29-35). (Job 3-31 by S. Ridout)
 {v.29-31} Job hints that there is no use in his making any effort to clear himself: if he is already pronounced wicked, he labors in vain to convince God that he is not; he may wash his hands in innocency, in snow water, only to be taken by this resistless Power and plunged into the ditch! (Job 3-31 by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Be it that I am wickedf, why then do I labour in vaing?

JND Translation Notes

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Or "accounted wicked."
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Or "why do I trouble myself for nothing?"

W. Kelly Translation

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For me, I am to be guilty why labour I then in vain?