Job 6:26 · KJV
“Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, {which are} as wind?”
— Job 6:26
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig {a pit} for your friend. {ye overwhelm: Heb. ye cause to fall upon}
Job 6 — Context
Teach 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. {ye overwhelm: Heb. ye cause to fall upon}
28Now therefore be content, look upon me; for {it is} evident unto you if I lie. {evident...: Heb. before your face}
Cross References
Job 8:2
How long wilt thou speak these {things}? and {how long shall} the words of thy mouth {be like} a strong wind?
Ephesians 4:14
That we {henceforth} be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, {and} cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Matthew 12:37
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Job 38:2
Who {is} this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Job 3:3-26
Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night {in which} it was said, There is a man child conceived.
Job 6:9
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Job 42:3
Who {is} he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Job 40:8
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?