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Job 9:21

Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

KJV

Etiam si simplex fuero, hoc ipsum ignorabit anima mea, et tædebit me vitæ meæ.

Vulgate

εἴτε γὰρ ἠσέβησα, οὐκ οἶδα τῇ ψυχῇ, πλὴν ἀφαιρεῖταί μου ἡ ζωή.

LXX

I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.

ASV

תָּֽם אָ֭נִי לֹֽא אֵדַ֥ע נַפְשִׁ֗/י אֶמְאַ֥ס חַיָּֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
י
y
noun · 752×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מָאָ֔סוּ
m'sv
verb · 76×
תָּ֧ם
tm
adjective · 14×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 4:4 — For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
  • Job 1:1 — There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
  • Job 7:16 — I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
  • Job 7:21 — And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
  • Job 10:1 — My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
  • Job 33:9 — I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
  • Prov 28:26 — He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
  • Ps 139:23 — Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: