Job 6:25

Translations

Modern

How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?

Traditional

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

Literal

How painful are upright words! Yet what does your argument prove?

Latin

Quare detraxistis sermonibus veritatis, cum e vobis nullus sit qui possit arguere me?

Original

Hebrew

English

How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?

Notes

Job 6:14–27

Job and his friends might have shared a covenant (special agreement) of loyalty and faith (Hebrew khesed; see Genesis 21:23; Exodus 15:13; 1 Chronicles 16:34). This bond would have made them like brothers, those who protect, and friends he could trust (Job 6:14–15; 6:21–23, 27). If they were in a covenant with one another, Job was accusing his friends of violating their covenant with him.

Job 6:1–7:21

Job responds by criticizing his counselors and questioning God (chapters 6 and 7). He explains his intense words by indicating his deep "grief" or "anguish" (6:2–3; 7:11). Job states that Eliphaz has not provided comfort or sympathy as a friend. Instead, Eliphaz chose to argue about out of date religious or theological ideas.

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Job 21:34
So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”
Proverbs 16:21–24
The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant speech promotes instruction.
Proverbs 18:21
Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Job 13:5
If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
Job 32:3
…and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
Job 4:4
Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.
Job 16:3–5
Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
Job 24:25
If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”
Proverbs 25:11
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
Ecclesiastes 12:10–11
The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth.
Proverbs 12:18
Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

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