What does Job 9:31 mean?

Job 9:31 highlights themes such as despair, suffering, bitterness when read in context.

How should I apply Job 9:31 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.

29If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

31Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.

32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

33Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

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Psalm 42:9
While Job expresses bitterness, the psalmist seeks hope in God despite despair.
Lamentations 3:19-20
Both reflect deep sorrow and the struggle with suffering.
Matthew 11:28
Jesus invites the weary to find rest in Him, contrasting Job's bitterness.