Job 6:28 · KJV
“Now therefore be content, look upon me; for {it is} evident unto you if I lie. {evident...: Heb. before your face}”
— Job 6:28
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig {a pit} for your friend. {ye overwhelm: Heb. ye cause to fall upon}
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness {is} in it. {in it: that is, in this matter}
Job 6 — Context
Do 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}
29Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness {is} in it. {in it: that is, in this matter}
30Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? {my taste: Heb. my palate}
Cross References
Job 27:4
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Job 33:3
My words {shall be of} the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
Job 13:4
But ye {are} forgers of lies, ye {are} all physicians of no value.
Job 36:4
For truly my words {shall} not {be} false: he that is perfect in knowledge {is} with thee.
Job 11:3
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? {lies: or, devices}