Job 6:22
Have I then ever said, Give me something, and out of your property offer a bribe in my behalf?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
In Context
21For truly now ye are like such a one: ye see my terrible state and are afraid.
23And deliver me from the hand of the adversary? and redeem from the hand of tyrants?
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:3Behold, here am I; testify against me in the presence of the Lord, and in the presence of his anointed: Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I received any ransom so that I withdrew my eyes from him? and I will restore it you.
Matthew Henry on Job 6:15-22
14 To him that is afflicted pity should be showed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. 15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; 16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: 17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. 18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. 19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.… Read the whole commentary →