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Job Chapter 9 verse 21 Holy Bible

ASV Job 9:21

I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.
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BBE Job 9:21

I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.
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DARBY Job 9:21

Were I perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
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KJV Job 9:21

Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
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WBT Job 9:21

Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
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WEB Job 9:21

I am blameless. I don't regard myself. I despise my life.
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YLT Job 9:21

Perfect I am! -- I know not my soul, I despise my life.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 21. - Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life. The original is very elliptical and very obscure. The words run, I perfect - I know not myself - I abhor my life which some explain as meaning, "Were I perfect, I should not know it myself; I despise my life under such conditions" (Stanley Loathes); others, "I am perfect" (i.e. guiltless of any plain offence), "but do not understand myself, and care not what becomes of me" (Canon Cook); others again, "Were I perfect, should I not know myself, and, knowing myself, despise my own life?" (Professor Lee). The Septuagint gives us no help, as it plainly follows a different reading. Probably our present text is a corrupt one.

Ellicott's Commentary