Job 9:29
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
KJV
Si autem et sic impius sum, quare frustra laboravi ?
Vulgate
ἐπειδὴ δέ εἰμι ἀσεβής, διὰ τί οὐκ ἀπέθανον;
LXX
I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?
ASV
אָנֹכִ֥י אֶרְשָׁ֑ע לָ/מָּה זֶּ֝֗ה הֶ֣בֶל אִיגָֽע
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
הָֽבֶל
hbl
noun · 73×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יָגַ֖עַתְּ
yg't
verb · 26×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נִי
ny
verb · 36×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 3:7 — And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
- Job 10:2 — I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
- Job 10:7 — Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.