ヨブ記 9:21
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
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
I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.
Perfect I am! --I know not my soul, I despise my life.
I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.
相互参照
I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and …
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the …
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, …
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: