“Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.”
Job 9:21 (KJV) |
Job 9:21
From Job 9, in the Book of Job (Old Testament).
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If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
20
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
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Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
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This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
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If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.