If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? The if is better omitted: I (am treated by God, once for all, as) If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? The if is better omitted: I (am treated by God, once for all, as) wicked; why then labour I in vain (to disprove His charge). Job submits, not so much because he is convinced that God is right, as because God is powerful, and he weak (Barnes).