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Job 9:20 Cross-References
Explore 19 cross-references for Job 9:20 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 9 verse 20 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.”
Job 9:20 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 9:20
Job's self-aware statement 'If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me' reveals the impossibility of self-vindication. The mouth that speaks defense becomes the instrument of judgment - a profound recognition that human words ultimately fail before divine truth. Only God can vindicate.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 9:20
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“Job hath spoken without knowledge”
“for in your sight no man living is righteous.”
“or am already made perfect; but I press on”
“Yah”
“and you choose the language of the crafty.”
“Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?”
“because he was righteous in his own eyes.”
“whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright”