Job 9:29

“If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?”

"If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?" - Job 9:29
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What does Job 9:29 mean?

Job 9:29 (KJV) says, "If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?" This verse is a part of a larger passage in the Book of Job, a famous and complex narrative in the Bible. The verse is spoken by Job, a man who is suffering from immense hardship and who is engaged in a deep…

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Laboring in Vain: A Reflection on Righteousness and Struggle

In the tumultuous journey of life, we often find ourselves questioning the very essence of our labors. The book of Job exemplifies this conflict through the narrative of a righteous man besieged by suffering and misfortune. In Job 9:29, he poignantly states, "If I be wicked, why…

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A Prayer for Purpose Amidst Perplexity

O Sovereign Lord, Creator of the heavens and the earth, we come before You today, humbled by the majesty of Your being. We acknowledge that You are the Almighty, the All-Knowing, and the All-Powerful. Your wisdom and understanding far exceed our own, for Your thoughts are higher…

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Job 9:29 - "If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?"
Job 29:9 - "The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth."
"The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth." - Job 29:9
Job 29:1 - "Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,"
"Moreover Job continued his parable, and said," - Job 29:1
Job 9:1 - "Then Job answered and said,"
Job 29:15 - "I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame."
Job 30:29 - "I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls."
Job 41:29 - "Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear."
Job 33:29 - "Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,"
Job 29:10 - "The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth."
Job 29:23 - "And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain."
Job 29:14 - "I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem."
Job 36:29 - "Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?"
Job 29:20 - "My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand."
Job 29:17 - "And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth."
Job 29:24 - "If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down."
"Then Job answered and said," - Job 9:1
Job 29:4 - "As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;"
Job 29:5 - "When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;"
Job 21:29 - "Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,"
Job 29:8 - "The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up."
Job 1:9 - "Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?"
Job 29:16 - "I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out."
Job 20:29 - "This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God."
Job 29:21 - "Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel."
Job 29:2 - "Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;"
Job 39:29 - "From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off."
Job 29:22 - "After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them."