Job 6:25
But as it seems, the words of a true man are vain, 1 Because I do not ask strength of you. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
In Context
24Teach ye me, and I will be silent: 1 If in anything I have erred, tell me. 1
Cross References
Job 4:4And hast supported the failing with words, 1 And hast imparted courage to feeble knees. 1
Job 16:3What! is there any reason in vain words? 1 Or what will hinder thee from answering? 1
Job 21:34How then do ye comfort me in vain? 1 Whereas I have no rest from your molestation.
Job 27:12Behold, ye all know that ye are adding vanity to vanity. 1
Proverbs 12:18Some wound as they speak, like swords; 1 But the tongues of the wise heal. 1
Proverbs 16:21Men call the wise and understanding evil: 1 But they that are pleasing in speech shall hear more. 1
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 →