Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

I, shall be held guilty, - Wherefore then, in vain, should I toil?

New American Standard Bible

“I am accounted wicked,
Why then should I toil in vain?

King James Version

If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

Holman Bible

Since I will be found guilty,
why should I labor in vain?

International Standard Version

I will be condemned, so why should I wear myself out with this futility?

A Conservative Version

I shall be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?

American Standard Version

I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?

Amplified


“I am accounted wicked and held guilty;
Why then should I labor in vain [to appear innocent]?

Bible in Basic English

You will not let me be clear of sin! why then do I take trouble for nothing?

Darby Translation

Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain?

Julia Smith Translation

Shall I do evil, wherefore this shall I labor in vain?

King James 2000

If I am wicked, why then labor I in vain?

Lexham Expanded Bible

[If] I shall be [declared] guilty, why then should I labor in vain?

Modern King James verseion

I have been condemned; why then should I labor in vain?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

If I be then a wicked doer, why have I laboured in vain?

NET Bible

If I am guilty, why then weary myself in vain?

New Heart English Bible

I shall be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?

Webster

If I am wicked, why then do I labor in vain?

World English Bible

I shall be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?

Youngs Literal Translation

I -- I am become wicked; why is this? In vain I labour.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
If I be wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 34

יגע 
Yaga` 
Usage: 26

References

Morish

Context Readings

Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad

28 I am afraid of all my pains, I know, that thou wilt not pronounce me innocent. 29 I, shall be held guilty, - Wherefore then, in vain, should I toil? 30 Though I bathe myself in snow water, and cleanse, in cleanness itself, my hands,



Cross References

Job 9:22

One thing, there is, for which cause, I have said it, The blameless and the lawless, he bringeth to an end.

Job 10:2

I say unto GOD, Do not hold me guilty, Let me know, on what account thou contendest with me!

Job 10:7

Though it is, within thine own knowledge, that I would not be lawless, and, none, out of thy hand, can deliver?

Job 10:14-17

If I have sinned, then couldst thou watch me, and, from mine iniquity, thou wouldst not acquit me:

Job 21:16-17

Lo! not in their own hand, is their welfare, The counsel of lawless men, is far from me!

Job 21:27

Lo! I know your plans, and the devices, wherewith ye would do me violence!

Job 22:5-30

Is not, thy wickedness, great? and, without end, are not thine iniquities?

Psalm 37:33

Yahweh, will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him, when he is judged.

Psalm 73:13

Altogether in vain, Have I cleansed my heart, And bathed in pureness, my hands;

Jeremiah 2:35

Although thou saidst, Because I am innocent, surely hath his anger turned back from me, - Behold me! entering into judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned!

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