Job 6:28
But now, if it please you, turn yourselves toward me, and [say] whether I would lie before your face.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
In Context
27Yea, ye would cast any thing upon the fatherless, and ye would dig a pit against your friend.
Cross References
Job 11:3Thy inventions are to bring men to silence; and when thou utterest thy mocking no one is to cause thee to feel abashed!
Job 27:4Shall my lips not speak any wrong, nor shall my tongue utter deceit.
Job 36:4For truly no falsehood is [in] my words: one that is upright in [his] opinions [dealeth now] with thee.
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 →