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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.