Job 6:29
27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.
- KJV
- Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
- WEB
- Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous.
- ASV
- Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.
- DARBY
- Return, I pray you, let there be no wrong; yea, return again, my righteousness shall be in it.
- BLB
- Turn, please, let there not be injustice; and turn even now—my righteousness [is] in it.
- ÅB
- Vend om, la det ikke skje urett! Vend om, jeg har enda rett i dette.
- OTB
- Angre, la det ikke være urettferdighet;
tenk om igjen, for min integritet står på spill. - B1930
- Vend om, la det ikke skje urett! Vend om, jeg har ennu rett i dette.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 17:10
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
Read in contextJob 34:5
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
Read in contextMalachi 3:18
Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
Read in contextJob 27:4–6
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Read in contextJob 42:6
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Read in contextJob 23:10
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
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