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Job 9:21

NETBible	I am blameless.¹ I do not know myself.² I despise my life.
NIV © biblegateway Job 9:21	"Although I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
NASB © biblegateway Job 9:21	"I am guiltless; I do not take notice of myself; I despise my life.
NLT © biblegateway Job 9:21	"I am innocent, but it makes no difference to me––I despise my life.
MSG © biblegateway Job 9:21	"Believe me, I'm blameless. I don't understand what's going on. I hate my life!
BBE © SABDAweb Job 9:21	I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 9:21	I am blameless; I do not know myself; I loathe my life.
NKJV © biblegateway Job 9:21	"I am blameless, yet I do not know myself; I despise my life.
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KJV	[Though] I [were] perfect <08535>_, [yet] would I not know <03045> (8799) my soul <05315>_: I would despise <03988> (8799) my life <02416>_.
NASB © biblegateway Job 9:21	"I am guiltless <08535> ; I do not take <03045> notice <03045> of myself <05315> ; I despise <03988> my life <02425> .
LXXM	eite <1535> CONJ gar <1063> PRT hsebhsa <764> V-AAI-1S ouk <3364> ADV oida {V-RAI-1S} th <3588> T-DSF quch <5590> N-DSF plhn <4133> ADV oti <3754> CONJ afaireitai {V-PPI-3S} mou <1473> P-GS h <3588> T-NSF zwh <2222> N-NSF
NET [draft] ITL	I am blameless <08535> . I <0589> do not <03808> know <03045> myself <05315> . I despise <03988> my life <02416> .
HEBREW	yyx <02416> oama <03988> yspn <05315> eda <03045> al <03808> yna <0589> Mt (9:21) <08535>

NETBible

I am blameless.¹ I do not know myself.² I despise my life.

NET Notes

¹tn Dhorme, in an effort to avoid tautology, makes this a question: “Am I blameless?” The next clause then has Job answering that he does not know. But through the last section Job has been proclaiming his innocence. The other way of interpreting these verses is to follow NIV and make all of them hypothetical (“If I were blameless, he would pronounce me guilty”) and then come to this verse with Job saying, “I am blameless.” The second clause of this verse does not fit either view very well. In vv. 20, 21, and 22 Job employs the same term for “blameless” (תָּם, tam) as in the prologue (1:1). God used it to describe Job in 1:8 and 2:3. Bildad used it in 8:20. These are the final occurrences in the book.

²tn The meaning of the expression “I do not know myself” seems to be, “I do not care.” NIV translates it, “I have no concern for my life.”

²sn Job believes he is blameless and not deserving of all this suffering; he will hold fast to that claim, even if the future is uncertain, especially if that future involved a confrontation with God.