Job 6:26
Doe ye imagine to reproue wordes, that the talke of the afflicted should be as the winde?
Geneva Bible 1599
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
25Howe stedfast are the wordes of righteousnes? and what can any of you iustly reproue?
27Ye make your wrath to fall vpon the fatherlesse, and dig a pit for your friende.
Cross References
Job 2:10But he said vnto her, Thou speakest like a foolish woman: what? shall we receiue good at the hande of God, and not receiue euill? In all this did not Iob sinne with his lippes.
Job 4:3Behold, thou hast taught many, and hast strengthened the wearie hands.
Job 6:9That is, that God would destroy me: that he would let his hand go, and cut me off.
Job 10:1My soule is cut off though I liue: I wil leaue my complaint vpon my selfe, and wil speake in the bitternesse of my soule.
Job 38:2Who is this that darkeneth the counsell by wordes without knowledge?
Job 40:8Hide them in the dust together, and binde their faces in a secret place.
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 →