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Job 9:29

Job 9:29
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

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Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.

Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

If I wash myself with snow water,.... As it came from heaven, or flowed from the mountains covered with snow, as…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? - The word “if,” here introduced by our translators, greatly obscures the…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 9:25-35

Job here grows more and more querulous, and does not conclude this chapter with such reverent expressions of God's…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

if I be wicked Rather, I shall be guilty, that is, I have to be, shall be held, guilty; God has resolved so to consider…