Job 6:26

Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just · Job 6:1–30
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Translations

Modern
Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?
Traditional
Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
Literal
Do you think to correct my words? And are the sayings of one despairing for wind?
Latin
Ad increpandum tantum eloquia concinnatis, et in ventum verba profertis.

Original

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

Notes

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 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 Instead, Eliphaz chose to argue about out of date religious or theological ideas.

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Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To The Wind of the Speeches of the Desperate