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Job 9

Job 9:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If I justify
tsadaq (Hebrew #6663)
to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
KJV usage: cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just(-ice, -ify, -ify self), (be turn to) righteous(-ness).
Pronounce: tsaw-dak'
Origin: a primitive root
myself, mine own mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
shall condemn
rasha` (Hebrew #7561)
to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate
KJV usage: condemn, make trouble, vex, be (commit, deal, depart, do) wicked(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: raw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root
me: if I say, I am perfect
tam (Hebrew #8535)
complete; usually (morally) pious; specifically, gentle, dear
KJV usage: coupled together, perfect, plain, undefiled, upright.
Pronounce: tawm
Origin: from 8552
, it shall also prove me perverse
`aqash (Hebrew #6140)
to knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse)
KJV usage: make crooked, (prove, that is) perverse(-rt).
Pronounce: aw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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justify.
Job 9:2• 2I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? (Job 9:2)
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Job 4:17• 17Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker? (Job 4:17)
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Job 32:1‑2• 1So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
 2Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. (Job 32:1‑2)
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Psa. 130:3• 3If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? (Psa. 130:3)
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Psa. 143:2• 2And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. (Psa. 143:2)
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Luke 10:29• 29But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor? (Luke 10:29)
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Luke 16:15• 15And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. (Luke 16:15)
mine.
Job 15:5‑6• 5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
 6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. (Job 15:5‑6)
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Job 34:35• 35Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom. (Job 34:35)
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Job 35:16• 16Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge. (Job 35:16)
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Prov. 10:19• 19In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. (Prov. 10:19)
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Isa. 6:5• 5Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. (Isa. 6:5)
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Matt. 12:36‑37• 36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
 37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. (Matt. 12:36‑37)
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James 3:2• 2For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. (James 3:2)
I am perfect.
Job 1:1• 1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. (Job 1:1)
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Phil. 3:12‑15• 12Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
 13Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
 14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
 15Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. (Phil. 3:12‑15)
it shall.
Job 33:8‑13• 8Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
 9I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
 10Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
 11He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
 12Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
 13Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters. (Job 33:8‑13)
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Prov. 17:20• 20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. (Prov. 17:20)
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1 Tim. 6:5• 5Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. (1 Tim. 6:5)
• Job adds, even if he were right, his own mouth would be forced to condemn him; and if he were perfect God would declare him guilty! (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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