Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But if so also I am wicked, why have I laboured in vain? Job 9:22 One thing there is that I have spoken, both the innocent and the wicked he consumeth. Job 10:7,14-17 And shouldst know that I have done no wicked thing, whereas there is no man that can deliver out of thy hand? . . . Job 21:16,17,27 Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from me. . . . Job 22:5 And not for thy manifold wickedness and thy infinite iniquities? *etc Psalm 73:13 And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent. Jeremiah 2:35 And thou hast said: I am without sin and am innocent: and therefore let thy anger be turned away from me. Behold, I will contend with thee in judgment, because thou hast said: I have not sinned. Context Job: How Can I Argue with God?…28I feared all my works, knowing that thou didst not spare the offender. 29But if so also I am wicked, why have I laboured in vain?30If I be washed, as it were, with snow waters, and my hands shall shine ever so clean:… Cross References Job 9:20 If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would shew myself innocent, he shall prove me wicked. Job 10:2 I will say to God: Do not condemn me: tell me why thou judgest me so? Psalm 37:33 But the Lord will not leave him in his hands; nor condemn him when he shall be judged. Lexicon Since I amאָנֹכִ֥י (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 595: I already found guilty, אֶרְשָׁ֑ע (’er·šā‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 7561: To be, wrong, to disturb, violate why לָמָּה־ (lām·māh-) Preposition-l | Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what should I labor אִיגָֽע׃ (’î·ḡā‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 3021: To gasp, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil in vain? הֶ֣בֶל (he·ḇel) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory Additional Translations Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?If I be wicked, why then labor I in vain? I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain? But since I am ungodly, why have I not died? Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain? I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain? If I am wicked, why then do I labor in vain? I shall be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain? I -- I am become wicked; why is this? In vain I labour. Jump to Previous Accounted Already Clear Condemned Found Guilty Labor Sin Struggle Toil Trouble Vain WickedJump to Next Accounted Already Clear Condemned Found Guilty Labor Sin Struggle Toil Trouble Vain WickedExternal Links Job 9:29 NIVJob 9:29 NLT Job 9:29 ESV Job 9:29 NASB Job 9:29 ASV Job 9:29 Bible Apps Job 9:29 Biblia Paralela Job 9:29 Chinese Bible Job 9:29 French Bible Job 9:29 German Bible Alphabetical: accounted already am found guilty I in should Since struggle then toil vain why wicked OT Poetry: Job 9:29 I shall be condemned (Jb) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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