Job 9:31 “then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would d…”

Job 9:31

then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.

World English Bible

yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes will abhor me.

American Standard Version

Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.

Geneva Bible 1599

Yet shalt thou plunge mee in the pit, and mine owne clothes shall make me filthie.

Darby Translation

Then wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would abhor me.

Young's Literal Translation

Then in corruption Thou dost dip me, And my garments have abominated me.

Bible in Basic English

Then you will have me pushed into the dust, so that I will seem disgusting to my very clothing.

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Cross references

“shalt”

Job 9:20 Job 15:6

Job 9:20 · BSB

Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.

Job 15:6 · BSB

Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.

“mine”

Isaiah 59:6 Isaiah 64:6 Philippians 3:8 Philippians 3:9

Isaiah 59:6 · BSB

Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.

Isaiah 64:6 · BSB

Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.

Philippians 3:8 · BSB

More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ

Philippians 3:9 · BSB

and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

30If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,

32For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.

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