Job 6:29
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
Job 6:29 in other translations
| BSB | Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | Turn back, I pray you, let it not be perverseness, Yea, turn back again--my righteousness is in it. |
| DARBY | Return, I pray you, let there be no wrong; yea, return again, my righteousness shall be in it. |
| BBE | Let your minds be changed, and do not have an evil opinion of me; yes, be changed, for my righteousness is still in me. |
| Webster | Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yes, return again, my righteousness is in it. |
What does Job 6:29 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 6:14-30
In his prosperity Job formed great expectations from his friends, but now was disappointed. This he compares to the failing of brooks in summer. Those who rest their expectations on the creature, will find it fail when it should help them; whereas those who make God their confidence, have help in the time of need, He 4:16. Those who make gold their hope, sooner or later will be ashamed of it, and of their confidence…
Job 6:29 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 6:29
- Job 17:10
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
- Job 34:5
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
- Malachi 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.
- Job 27:4-6
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
- Job 42:6
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
- Job 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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Context
- Job 6:28
Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
- Job 6:29
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
- Job 6:30
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
Job 6:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Tornad ahora, y no haya iniquidad; volved aún á considerar mi justicia en esto. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Revenez, je vous prie; qu’il n’y ait pas d’injustice; oui, revenez encore: ma justice sera là. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Kehret doch um, es geschehe kein Unrecht; ja, kehret noch um, um meine Gerechtigkeit handelt es sich! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Respondete, obsecro, absque contentione; et loquentes id quod justum est, judicate. |