26Do you imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?


In Context

23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

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

26 Do you imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

27 Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless, and you dig a pit for your friend.

28 Now therefore be content, look on me; for it is evident to you if I lie.

Job 6:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:26Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, [which are] as wind?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:26Do you mean to correct what I say, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:26You dress up speeches only to rebuke, and you utter words to the wind.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:26Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:26Do ye imagine to reprove words? The speeches of one that is desperate are indeed for the wind.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:26Do ye imagine to reprove words? seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:26Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:26Do you intend to reprove words, since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:26For reproof — do you reckon words? And for wind — sayings of the desperate.