Job 9:29
Strong's Lexicon
Since I am
אָנֹכִ֥י (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 595: 1) I (first pers. sing.)

already found guilty,
אֶרְשָׁ֑ע (’er·šā‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7561: 1) to be wicked, act wickedly 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be wicked, act wickedly 1a2) to be guilty, be condemned 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to condemn as guilty (in civil relations) 1b2) to condemn as guilty (in ethical or religious relations) 1b3) to act wickedly (in ethics and religion)

why
לָמָּה־ (lām·māh-)
Preposition-l | Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: interr pron 1) what, how, of what kind 1a) (interrogative) 1a1) what? 1a2) of what kind 1a3) what? (rhetorical) 1a4) whatsoever, whatever, what 1b) (adverb) 1b1) how, how now 1b2) why 1b3) how! (exclamation) 1c) (with prep) 1c1) wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means? 1c2) because of what? 1c3) the like of what? 1c3a) how much?, how many?, how often? 1c3b) for how long? 1c4) for what reason?, why?, to what purpose? 1c5) until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore? indef pron 2) anything, aught, what may

זֶּ֝֗ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such 1a) (alone) 1a1) this one 1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another 1b) (appos to subst) 1b1) this 1c) (as predicate) 1c1) this, such 1d) (enclitically) 1d1) then 1d2) who, whom 1d3) how now, what now 1d4) what now 1d5) wherefore now 1d6) behold here 1d7) just now 1d8) now, now already 1e) (poetry) 1e1) wherein, which, those who 1f) (with prefixes) 1f1) in this (place) here, then 1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter 1f3) thus and thus 1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus 1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side 1f6) on this account 1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how

should I labor
אִיגָֽע׃ (’î·ḡā‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3021: 1) to toil, labour, grow weary, be weary 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to toil, labour 1a2) to grow weary, be weary 1b) (Piel) to weary, make weary, cause to go toilsomely 1c) (Hiphil) to make to toil, make weary, cause to be weary

in vain ?
הֶ֣בֶל (he·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1892: n m 1) vapour, breath 1a) breath, vapour 1b) vanity (fig.) adv 2) vainly

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?

Young's Literal Translation
I—I am become wicked; why [is] this? [In] vain I labour.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Since I will be found guilty,  why should I labor in vain?

New American Standard Bible
"I am accounted wicked, Why then should I toil in vain?

King James Bible
[If] I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Since I am already found guilty, why should I struggle in vain?

New Living Translation
Whatever happens, I will be found guilty. So what's the use of trying?

English Standard Version
I shall be condemned; why then do I labor in vain?

New American Standard Bible
"I am accounted wicked, Why then should I toil in vain?

King James Bible
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Since I will be found guilty, why should I labor in vain?

International Standard Version
I will be condemned, so why should I wear myself out with this futility?

NET Bible
If I am guilty, why then weary myself in vain?

American Standard Version
I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?

English Revised Version
I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?

Young's Literal Translation
I -- I am become wicked; why is this? In vain I labour.
















Cross References
Job 9:20
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

Job 10:2
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

Psalm 37:33
The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 9:28
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

Job 9:27
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

Job 9:26
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

Job 9:30
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

Job 9:31
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.

Job 9:32
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
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