Job 9:29

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

Cross-reference

Job 9:22 Parallel

In Job 9:22, he says God destroys both blameless and wicked — the reason he feels condemned laboring in vain.

Job 10:7 Parallel

In Job 10:7, he asserts his innocence to God — the very reason he asks why he labors in vain if condemned.

In Job 10:14-17, he describes God marking every sin and increasing anger — the condemnation he laments in 9:29.

Job 22:5-30 presents Eliphaz's accusation that Job's suffering is due to his sin — directly opposing Job's claim of being condemned despite innocence.

Job 7:20 Parallel

In Job 7:20, Job asks why God makes him a target — parallel to his feeling of being condemned, both expressing distress over divine attention that brings suffering.

Job 10:15 Parallel

Job 10:15 says whether guilty or innocent, Job is filled with disgrace — directly parallel to his lament of being condemned regardless of his efforts.

Job 21:17 Parallel

Job 21:17 questions whether the wicked are ever punished, echoing the same doubt about God's justice that underlies Job's lament of being condemned in vain.

Psalm 73:13 Parallel

Psalm 73:13 uses identical language of laboring in vain despite keeping clean, reinforcing the same struggle with the apparent futility of righteousness.

Jeremiah 2:35 has people claiming innocence while guilty — contrasting with Job's genuine innocence yet condemnation, highlighting different outcomes of claiming innocence.