Job 6:26
Do ye think to reprove words, seeing that the speeches of a man who is desperate are as wind?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
In Context
25How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?
27Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.
Cross References
Job 2:10But he said to her, Thou speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Job 4:3Behold, thou have instructed many, and thou have strengthened the weak hands.
Job 6:9Even that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Job 10:1My soul is weary of my life. I will give free reign to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 38:2Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
Job 40:8Will thou even annul my judgment? Will thou condemn me, that thou may be justified?
Matthew Henry on Job 6:23-30
22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? 23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? 24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. 25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? 26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? 27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. 28 Now therefore be content, look… Read the whole commentary →