Bible verse
Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
Job 9:20 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 9.
16 If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
17 For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
18 He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
19 If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
20 Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
21 Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
22 It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23 When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
KJV
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: [if I say], I [am] perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
ASV
Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
ERV
Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
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