ヨブ記 9:20
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
Context
This verse from ヨブ記 Chapter 9 connects to 10 cross-references. 民はアブラハムの召命からエジプト脱出、荒野の旅、カナン征服、士師の時代、そして捕囚に至るまでの歴史を振り返り、神の恵みと自分たちの不従順を認めた。
他の翻訳
Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
If I be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked, Perfect I am! --it declareth me perverse.
Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.
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