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Job 6:26

Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
Job 6:26 · King James Version

In other versions

  • Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?

    ASV

  • My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind.

    BBE

  • Do ye imagine to reprove words? The speeches of one that is desperate are indeed for the wind.

    DBY

  • Do you intend to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?

    WEB

  • For reproof -- do you reckon words? And for wind -- sayings of the desperate.

    YLT

  • Do all of you imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

    ENG

  • Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

    WBT

  • Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?

    BSB

In context

24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

25How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

26Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

27Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

28Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.

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