“I loathe my own life; I will give full vent to my complaint; I will speak out of the bitterness of my soul.
Job 6:26 - Tree of Life Version Do you intend to correct my words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Do ye imagine to reprove words, And the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do you imagine your words to be an argument, but the speeches of one who is desperate to be as wind? American Standard Version (1901) Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind? Common English Bible Do you intend to correct my words, to treat the words of a hopeless man as wind? Catholic Public Domain Version You prepare speeches as so much noise, and you offer words into the wind. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You dress up speeches only to rebuke: and you utter words to the wind. |
“I loathe my own life; I will give full vent to my complaint; I will speak out of the bitterness of my soul.
“Does a wise man answer with empty knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?
He said to her, “You speak as any foolish woman would speak. Should we accept the good from God and not accept the bad?” Through all this Job did not sin with his lips.
“Would you really annul My judgment? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
You ask, ‘Who is this, who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke without understanding, things too wonderful for me which I did not know.
After Adonai had spoken these words to Job, Adonai said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My anger is kindled against you and against your two friends, because you have not spoken about Me what is right, like My servant Job has.
For the arrows of Shaddai are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors line up against me.
that God would be willing to crush me, to release His hand, and cut me off!
“How long will you say these things? The words of your mouth are like a mighty wind.
“Ephraim surrounded Me with lies and the house of Israel with deceit.” Though Judah roams restlessly with God, yet he is faithful with holy things.
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
As a result, we are no longer to be like children, tossed around by the waves and blown all over by every wind of teaching, by the trickery of men with cunning in deceitful scheming.