Job 9:29
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 9:29 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 9:29 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 9:29 — KJV
“If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?”
— Job 9:29 (KJV)
Job 9:29 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 9:29
“Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? rage: or, tumultuously assemble imagine: Heb. meditate”
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“Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God. my work: or, my reward”
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“Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?”
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“For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?”
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“Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?”
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