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title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/9.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />you would plunge me into a slime pit so that even my clothes would detest me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />you would plunge me into a muddy ditch, and my own filthy clothing would hate me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />yet you will plunge me into a pit, and my own clothes will abhor me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Yet You will plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes will abhor me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then You would plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes would loathe me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Yet You would plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes would abhor me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Yet Thou wouldst plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes would abhor me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Yet You would plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes would abhor me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You would still plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes would hate me [and refuse to cover my foul body].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />then you dip me in a pit of mud, and my own clothes despise me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />then You dip me in a pit of mud, and my own clothes despise me! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />God would throw me into a pit of stinking slime, leaving me disgusting to my clothes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />then you would plunge me into a muddy pit, and my own clothes would find me disgusting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />God throws me into a pit with filth, and even my clothes are ashamed of me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />you'll still drop me into the Pit, and my own clothes will despise me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />then you plunge me into a slimy pit and my own clothes abhor me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes shall abhor me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, and my own clothes shall abhor me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes will abhor me. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Then You dip me in corruption, "" And my garments have detested me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Then in corruption Thou dost dip me, And my garments have abominated me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Then thou wilt immerse me in the ditch, and my garments abhorred me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Yet thou shalt plunge me in filth, and my garments shall abhor me, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />yet you would plunge me in filth, and my own garments would abhor me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Yet you would plunge me in the ditch, so that my garments would abhor me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />yet you will plunge me into filth, and my own clothes will abhor me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Yet thou shalt plunge me into the pit, and my own clothes shall be abhorrent to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Then you will sink me into a ditch, and my garments will stay away from me<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Yet wilt Thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />thou hadst thoroughly plunged me in filth, and my garment had abhorred me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/9-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=1465" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/9.htm">Job: How Can I Argue with God?</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">30</span>If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye, <span class="reftext">31</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/227.htm" title="227: ’āz (Adv) -- At that time. A demonstrative adverb; at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore.">then</a> <a href="/hebrew/2881.htm" title="2881: tiṭ·bə·lê·nî (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms:: 1cs) -- To dip. A primitive root; to dip, to immerse.">You would plunge me</a> <a href="/hebrew/7845.htm" title="7845: baš·ša·ḥaṯ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A pit. From shuwach; a pit; figuratively, destruction.">into the pit,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8008.htm" title="8008: śal·mō·w·ṯāy (N-fpc:: 1cs) -- A wrapper, mantle. Transp. For simlah; a dress.">and even my own clothes</a> <a href="/hebrew/8581.htm" title="8581: wə·ṯi·‘ă·ḇū·nî (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3cp:: 1cs2) -- To abhor. A primitive root; to loathe, i.e. detest.">would despise me.</a> </span><span class="reftext">32</span>For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a></span><br />Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/51-7.htm">Psalm 51:7</a></span><br />Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-22.htm">Jeremiah 2:22</a></span><br />Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/3-3.htm">Zechariah 3:3-4</a></span><br />Now Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel. / So the angel said to those standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have removed your iniquity, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7-9</a></span><br />But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. / If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. / If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a></span><br />“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/73-13.htm">Psalm 73:13</a></span><br />Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/titus/3-5.htm">Titus 3:5</a></span><br />He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-23.htm">Romans 3:23-24</a></span><br />for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, / and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14</a></span><br />how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-11.htm">1 Corinthians 6:11</a></span><br />And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-26.htm">Ephesians 5:26-27</a></span><br />to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, / and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/7-14.htm">Revelation 7:14</a></span><br />“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/6-5.htm">Isaiah 6:5</a></span><br />Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. / In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Yet shall you plunge me in the ditch, and my own clothes shall abhor me.</p><p class="hdg">shalt</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/9-20.htm">Job 9:20</a></b></br> If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: <i>if I say</i>, I <i>am</i> perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/15-6.htm">Job 15:6</a></b></br> Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.</p><p class="hdg">mine</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/59-6.htm">Isaiah 59:6</a></b></br> Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works <i>are</i> works of iniquity, and the act of violence <i>is</i> in their hands.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a></b></br> But we are all as an unclean <i>thing</i>, and all our righteousnesses <i>are</i> as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/philippians/3-8.htm">Philippians 3:8,9</a></b></br> Yea doubtless, and I count all things <i>but</i> loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them <i>but</i> dung, that I may win Christ, … </p><p class="hdg">abhor me.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/27-12.htm">Abhor</a> <a href="/job/30-10.htm">Abominated</a> <a href="/esther/4-4.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/job/1-20.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-13.htm">Corruption</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-7.htm">Detest</a> <a href="/ruth/2-14.htm">Dip</a> <a href="/ezra/9-14.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/luke/6-40.htm">Ditch</a> <a href="/job/8-19.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/esther/4-4.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/job/6-27.htm">Pit</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-14.htm">Plunge</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-6.htm">Pushed</a> <a href="/job/8-7.htm">Seem</a> <a href="/job/6-6.htm">Slime</a> <a href="/job/9-28.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/job/8-5.htm">Wouldest</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/19-19.htm">Abhor</a> <a href="/job/30-10.htm">Abominated</a> <a href="/job/24-7.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/job/16-15.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/job/17-14.htm">Corruption</a> <a href="/job/19-19.htm">Detest</a> <a href="/psalms/68-23.htm">Dip</a> <a href="/job/15-16.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/psalms/7-15.htm">Ditch</a> <a href="/job/10-9.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/job/22-6.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/job/17-14.htm">Pit</a> <a href="/psalms/68-23.htm">Plunge</a> <a href="/psalms/118-13.htm">Pushed</a> <a href="/job/10-3.htm">Seem</a> <a href="/psalms/58-8.htm">Slime</a> <a href="/job/10-9.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/job/10-14.htm">Wouldest</a><div class="vheading2">Job 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/9-1.htm">Job acknowledges God's justice</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/9-22.htm">Man's innocence is not to be condemned by afflictions</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "pit" often symbolizes Sheol or the grave in biblical literature, representing death or a place of deep despair (<a href="/psalms/88-4.htm">Psalm 88:4-6</a>). Job's use of this imagery reflects his belief that no matter his innocence, he cannot escape divine judgment. This aligns with the broader theme of human suffering and divine sovereignty found throughout the Book of Job. The pit also echoes the imagery of Joseph being thrown into a pit by his brothers (<a href="/genesis/37-24.htm">Genesis 37:24</a>), symbolizing betrayal and abandonment, which Job feels from God.<p><b>and even my own clothes would despise me</b><br>Here, Job uses hyperbolic language to convey his sense of utter rejection and defilement. In ancient Near Eastern culture, clothing was a significant symbol of one's status and identity. To have one's clothes "despise" them suggests a complete reversal of fortune and dignity. This imagery is reminiscent of <a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a>, where human righteousness is compared to "filthy rags," emphasizing the inadequacy of human efforts before God. The idea of being despised by one's own garments underscores Job's profound sense of alienation and impurity, which he feels is so intense that even inanimate objects would reject him. This can also be seen as a type of Christ, who was despised and rejected by men (<a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a>), bearing the sins of humanity and experiencing ultimate alienation on the cross.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, experiencing intense suffering and questioning the justice of God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty Creator, whom Job addresses in his lament, expressing his feelings of being overwhelmed by divine judgment.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_pit.htm">The Pit</a></b><br>Symbolic of Sheol or the grave, representing a place of despair and impurity, where Job feels he would be cast despite his efforts to maintain purity.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/human_limitation_and_divine_sovereignty.htm">Human Limitation and Divine Sovereignty</a></b><br>Job's lament highlights the limitations of human righteousness and the overwhelming nature of God's sovereignty. We must recognize our dependence on God's grace rather than our own efforts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_suffering.htm">The Reality of Suffering</a></b><br>Job's experience reminds us that suffering is a part of the human condition, and it can lead to feelings of despair and unworthiness. In these times, we should seek God's presence and comfort.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_a_mediator.htm">The Need for a Mediator</a></b><br>Job's cry for understanding and justice points to the need for a mediator between humanity and God, fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who bridges the gap caused by sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/m/maintaining_faith_amidst_trials.htm">Maintaining Faith Amidst Trials</a></b><br>Despite his despair, Job continues to engage with God, demonstrating the importance of maintaining faith and dialogue with God even when we do not understand our circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_hope_of_redemption.htm">The Hope of Redemption</a></b><br>While Job feels cast into the pit, the broader biblical account assures us of redemption and restoration through Christ, who conquers sin and death.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_abaddon_apollyon.htm">Who is Abaddon or Apollyon in religious texts?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_sheol_and_abaddon_align_today.htm">Proverbs 15:11: How do ancient concepts of Sheol and Abaddon align with modern historical or archaeological findings on the afterlife?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_a_'fallen_star'_both_event_and_angel.htm">How can a star 'fallen from heaven' (Revelation 9:1) be both an astronomical event and an angelic being?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_do_sackcloth_and_ashes_symbolize.htm">What do sackcloth and ashes symbolize?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 31.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch</span>. Yet would God with ease undo his work, show his purity to be impure, his righteousness to be filthy rags, and thus, as it were, replunge him in the mire and clay from which he had sought to free himself, and hold him forth a more loathsome wretch than ever. <span class="cmt_word">And mine own clothes shall abhor me</span>. So loathsome would he be that his very garments, stained and fouled by his disease, would shrink away from him and hate to touch him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/9-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">then</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֭ז</span> <span class="translit">(’āz)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_227.htm">Strong's 227: </a> </span><span class="str2">At that time, place, therefore</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You would plunge me</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּטְבְּלֵ֑נִי</span> <span class="translit">(tiṭ·bə·lê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2881.htm">Strong's 2881: </a> </span><span class="str2">To dip, to immerse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into the pit,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּשַּׁ֣חַת</span> <span class="translit">(baš·ša·ḥaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7845.htm">Strong's 7845: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pit, destruction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and even my own clothes</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׂלְמוֹתָֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(śal·mō·w·ṯāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8008.htm">Strong's 8008: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wrapper, mantle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">would despise me!</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֝תִֽעֲב֗וּנִי</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯi·‘ă·ḇū·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8581.htm">Strong's 8581: </a> </span><span class="str2">To loathe, detest</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/9-31.htm">Job 9:31 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/9-31.htm">Job 9:31 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/9-31.htm">Job 9:31 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/9-31.htm">Job 9:31 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/9-31.htm">Job 9:31 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/9-31.htm">Job 9:31 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/9-31.htm">Job 9:31 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/9-31.htm">Job 9:31 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/9-31.htm">Job 9:31 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/9-31.htm">Job 9:31 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/9-31.htm">OT Poetry: Job 9:31 Yet you will plunge me in the (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/9-30.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 9:30"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 9:30" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/9-32.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 9:32"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 9:32" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>