King James Version (KJV)

Job 9:21

“[Though] I [were] perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.”

Verse in context — Job 9

If [I speak] of strength, lo, [he is] strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time [to plead]?

If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: [if I say], I [am] perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

[Though] I [were] perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

This [is] one [thing], therefore I said [it], He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

A poetic exploration of suffering, faith, and God’s sovereignty.