JOB 9:20 Parallel View

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ULT If I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me;
⇔ if I were blameless, yet it would convict me.

UST Even though I was innocent, he would find grounds in what I said to punish me.
⇔ Even though I had not done anything wrong, he would still decide, based on what I said, that I was guilty.

BSB Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me;
⇔ if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.[fn]

9:20 Or He would declare me guilty

OEB Am I right? Still mine own mouth condemns me.
⇔ Innocent? He proveth me perverse.

WEB Though I am righteous, my own mouth will condemn me.
⇔ Though I am blameless, it will prove me perverse.

NET Although I am innocent,
 ⇔ my mouth would condemn me;
 ⇔ although I am blameless,
 ⇔ it would declare me perverse.

LSV If I am righteous, my mouth declares me wicked; [If] I am perfect, it declares me perverse.

FBV Even though I am right, my own mouth would condemn me; even though I am innocent, he would prove me wrong.

T4T Even though I was innocent, what I would say would cause him to say that I must be punished [MTY];
⇔ even though I had not done anything wrong, he would prove that I am guilty.

LEB • even though I am blameless, yet[fn] it would pronounce me guilty.

?:? Hebrew “and”

BBE Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.

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JPS Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me; though I be innocent, He shall prove me perverse.

ASV Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me:
 ⇔ Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.

DRA If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would shew myself innocent, he shall prove me wicked.

YLT If I be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked, Perfect I am! — it declareth me perverse.

DBY If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove me perverse.

RV Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.

WBS If I justify myself, my own mouth will condemn me: if I say , I am perfect, that also will prove me perverse.

KJB If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
(If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. )

BB If I will iustifie my selfe, myne owne mouth shall condempne me: if I will put foorth my selfe for a perfect man, he shall proue me a wicked doer.
(If I will iustifie my self, mine own mouth shall condempne me: if I will put forth my self for a perfect man, he shall prove me a wicked doer.)

GNV If I woulde iustifie my selfe, mine owne mouth shall condemne mee: if I would be perfite, he shall iudge me wicked.
(If I would iustifie my self, mine own mouth shall condemne mee: if I would be perfite, he shall judge me wicked. )

CB yf I will iustifie my self, myne owne mouth shall codemne me: yf I will put forth my self for a perfecte man, he shal proue me a wicked doer:
(yf I will iustifie my self, mine own mouth shall codemne me: if I will put forth my self for a perfecte man, he shall prove me a wicked doer:)

WYC If Y wole make me iust, my mouth schal dampne me; if Y schal schewe me innocent, he schal preue me a schrewe.
(If I will make me iust, my mouth shall dampne me; if I shall show me innocent, he shall preue me a schrewe.)

LUT Sage ich, daß ich gerecht bin; so verdammet er mich doch; bin ich fromm, so macht er mich doch zu Unrecht.
(Sage ich, that I gerecht bin; so verdammet he me doch; bin I fromm, so macht he me though/but to Unrecht.)

CLV Si justificare me voluero, os meum condemnabit me; si innocentem ostendero, pravum me comprobabit.[fn]
(When/But_if justificare me voluero, os mine condemnabit me; when/but_if innocentem ostendero, pravum me comprobabit.)

9.20 Si justificare. Ibid. Non sufficio esse testis innocentiæ, nec scio quod eam habeam.

9.20 When/But_if justificare. Ibid. Non sufficio esse testis innocentiæ, but_not scio that her habeam.

BRN For though I should seem righteous, my mouth will be profane: and though I should seem blameless, I shall be proved perverse.

BrLXX Ἐὰν γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος, τὸ στόμα μου ἀσεβήσει· ἐάν τε ᾧ ἄμεμπτος, σκολιὸς ἀποβήσομαι.
(Ean gar ō dikaios, to stoma mou asebaʸsei; ean te hō amemptos, skolios apobaʸsomai. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֶ֭צְדָּק

innocent

See how you translated the term righteous in 9:15. In this context, the term righteous implicitly describes being the unjustly injured party in a lawsuit. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “I were in the right”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

פִּ֣⁠י יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑⁠נִי

mouth,my condemn,me

Job is using the term mouth to mean by association what he would say by using his mouth. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “what I said would condemn me”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

פִּ֣⁠י יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑⁠נִי

mouth,my condemn,me

Job is speaking of his mouth as if it were a living thing that could condemn him. He means that God would condemn him for what he said. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “God would condemn me for what I said”

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