Job 9:20,32-33
Job 9:20 New International Version (NIV)
Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.
Job 9:32-33 New International Version (NIV)
“He is not a mere mortal like me that I might answer him, that we might confront each other in court. If only there were someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together
Job 9:20 New King James Version (NKJV)
Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; Though I were blameless, it would prove me perverse.
Job 9:32-33 New King James Version (NKJV)
“For He is not a man, as I am, That I may answer Him, And that we should go to court together. Nor is there any mediator between us, Who may lay his hand on us both.
Job 9:14-20 The Message (MSG)
“So how could I ever argue with him, construct a defense that would influence God? Even though I’m innocent I could never prove it; I can only throw myself on the Judge’s mercy. If I called on God and he himself answered me, then, and only then, would I believe that he’d heard me. As it is, he knocks me about from pillar to post, beating me up, black-and-blue, for no good reason. He won’t even let me catch my breath, piles bitterness upon bitterness. If it’s a question of who’s stronger, he wins, hands down! If it’s a question of justice, who’ll serve him the subpoena? Even though innocent, anything I say incriminates me; blameless as I am, my defense just makes me sound worse.
Job 9:32-35-32-35 The Message (MSG)
“God and I are not equals; I can’t bring a case against him. We’ll never enter a courtroom as peers. How I wish we had an arbitrator to step in and let me get on with life— To break God’s death grip on me, to free me from this terror so I could breathe again. Then I’d speak up and state my case boldly. As things stand, there is no way I can do it.”
Job 9:20 King James Version (KJV)
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: If I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
Job 9:32-33 King James Version (KJV)
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, And we should come together in judgment. Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.
Job 9:20 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me; Though I am guiltless, He will declare me guilty.
Job 9:32-33 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For He is not a man as I am that I may answer Him, That we may go to court together. There is no umpire between us, Who may lay his hand upon us both.
Job 9:20 New Century Version (NCV)
Even if I were right, my own mouth would say I was wrong; if I were innocent, my mouth would say I was guilty.
Job 9:32-33 New Century Version (NCV)
“God is not human like me, so I cannot answer him. We cannot meet each other in court. I wish there were someone to make peace between us, someone to decide our case.
Job 9:20 American Standard Version (ASV)
Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
Job 9:32-33 American Standard Version (ASV)
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment. There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.
Job 9:20 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“Though I am innocent and in the right, my own mouth would pronounce me guilty; Though I am blameless, He would denounce me as guilty.
Job 9:32-33 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“For God is not a [mere] man, as I am, that I may answer Him, That we may go to court and judgment together. “There is no arbitrator between us, Who could lay his hand upon us both [would that there were]. [1 Tim 2:5]
Job 9:20 New Living Translation (NLT)
Though I am innocent, my own mouth would pronounce me guilty. Though I am blameless, it would prove me wicked.
Job 9:32-33 New Living Translation (NLT)
“God is not a mortal like me, so I cannot argue with him or take him to trial. If only there were a mediator between us, someone who could bring us together.