Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
I, shall be held guilty, - Wherefore then, in vain, should I toil?
New American Standard Bible
Why then should I toil in vain?
King James Version
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
Holman Bible
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.
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 9:29
Verse Info
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,
Phrases
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!