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Job 9:20

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

Though I am in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.

New International Version

Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.

Catholic Public Domain Version

If I wanted to justify myself, my own mouth will condemn me; if I would reveal my innocence, he would prove me depraved