Job 9:29
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?

Young's Literal Translation
I—I am become wicked; why [is] this? [In] vain I labour.

King James Bible
[If] I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

Hebrew
Since I am
אָנֹכִ֥י (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

already found guilty,
אֶרְשָׁ֑ע (’er·šā‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7561: To be, wrong, to disturb, violate

why
לָמָּה־ (lām·māh-)
Preposition-l | Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

should I labor
אִיגָֽע׃ (’î·ḡā‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3021: To gasp, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil

in vain?
הֶ֣בֶל (he·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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