Job 9:29
Job 9:25-31 The Message (MSG)
“My time is short—what’s left of my life races off too fast for me to even glimpse the good. My life is going fast, like a ship under full sail, like an eagle plummeting to its prey. Even if I say, ‘I’ll put all this behind me, I’ll look on the bright side and force a smile,’ All these troubles would still be like grit in my gut since it’s clear you’re not going to let up. The verdict has already been handed down—‘Guilty!’— so what’s the use of protests or appeals? Even if I scrub myself all over and wash myself with the strongest soap I can find, It wouldn’t last—you’d push me into a pigpen, or worse, so nobody could stand me for the stink.
Job 9:29 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
I am accounted wicked, Why then should I toil in vain?
Job 9:29 New Century Version (NCV)
I have already been found guilty, so why should I struggle for no reason?
Job 9:29 American Standard Version (ASV)
I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?
Job 9:29 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
Since I am already found guilty, why should I struggle in vain?
Job 9:29 New King James Version (NKJV)
If I am condemned, Why then do I labor in vain?
Job 9:29 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“I am accounted wicked and held guilty; Why then should I labor in vain [to appear innocent]?