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Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.
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The Self-Defeating Argument
Commentators explain that Job recognizes a profound truth: if he were to stand before God and argue for his own innocence, the very words he used would condemn him. Whether through passion, ignorance, or pride, the attempt to justify oneself before a perfectly holy God inevitably reveals one's own flaws and sinfulness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me - That is, referring still to the form of a judicial trial, if I were to underta…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If I justify myself Seek for justification by his own righteousness, trust in himself that he was righteous, say tha…
Job is still righteous in his own eyes (Job 32:1), and his answer, though it sets forth the power and majesty of God, implies that the …
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13th Century
Catholic
Since the blessed Job wished to affirm that he did not desire to argue with God, he first showed the depth of God's wisdom in natural things by usi…
