Job 6:26
Do ye mean to censure words? The words of a man in despair are but wind.
Noyes Bible
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 powerful are the words of truth! But what do your reproaches prove?
27Truly ye spread a net for the fatherless; Ye dig a pit for your friend.
Cross References
Job 2:10But he said to her, Thou talkest like one of the foolish women. What! shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this, Job sinned not with his lips.
Job 4:3Behold, thou hast admonished many; Thou hast strengthened feeble hands;
Job 6:9That it would please God to destroy me; That he would let loose his hand, and make an end of me!
Job 10:1I am weary of my life; I will let loose within me my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 38:2Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Job 40:8Wilt thou even disannul my right? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayst be righteous?
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 →