Job 9:21
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 9:21 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 9:21 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 9:21 — KJV
“Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.”
— Job 9:21 (KJV)
Job 9:21 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 9:21
“And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?”
Shares key themes with Job 9:21: though, yet, would
“And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down? asked...: Heb. asking asked us tenor: Heb. mouth could...: Heb. knowing could we know”
Shares key themes with Job 9:21: yet, would, know
“And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.”
Shares key themes with Job 9:21: though, yet, soul
“Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.”
Shares key themes with Job 9:21: yet, know, soul
“Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling. as out...: Heb. in the midst of the bought of a sling”
Shares key themes with Job 9:21: yet, soul, life
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