God’s Word Translation
Job 6:29
29Please change your mind. Don’t permit any injustice. Change your mind because I am still right about this!
Job 6:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
- New International Version (NIV)Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my integrity is at stake.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Please turn; let no injustice be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Yield now, let there be no injustice! Yes, concede, my righteousness still stands!
Context of Job 6:29
27Would you also throw dice for an orphan? Would you buy and sell your friend? 28“But now, if you’re willing, look at me. I won’t lie to your face. Please change your mind. Don’t permit any injustice. Change your mind because I am still right about this! 30Is there injustice on my tongue, or is my mouth unable to tell the difference between right and wrong?
Read all of Job 6Job 6:29 word by word
שֻֽׁבוּ־נָ֭א אַל־תְּהִ֣י עַוְלָ֑ה וְשׁ֥וּבוּ ע֝וֹד צִדְקִי־בָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 6:29
- Job 17:10“But now, all of you, come and try again! I won’t find one wise man among you.
- Malachi 3:18Then you will again see the difference between righteous people and wicked people, between the one who serves God and the one who doesn’t serve him.
- Job 27:4my lips will not say anything wrong, and my tongue will not mumble anything deceitful.’
Commentaries on Job 6:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Return, I pray you - Reconsider the whole subject. Do not be offended. Yea, reconsider the subject; my righteousness is in it - my argumentation is a sufficient proof of my innocence.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Return, I pray you - That is, return to the argument. Give your attention to it again. Perhaps he may have discerned a disposition in them to turn away from what he was saying, and to withdraw and leave him. Job expresses his belief that he could convince them; and he proposes more fully to state his views, if they would attend to him. Let it not be iniquity - Let it not be considered as wrong thus to come back to the argument. Or, let it not be assumed…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-30Verses 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 in it. It is our wisdom to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-30Job responds by criticizing his counselors and questioning God (chapters 6 and 7). He explains his intense words by indicating his deep "grief" or "anguish" (6:2–3; 7:11). Job states that Eliphaz has not provided comfort or sympathy as a friend. Instead, Eliphaz chose to argue about out of date religious or theological ideas.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. Return--rather, "retract" your charges: let it not be iniquity--that is, (retract) that injustice may not be done me. Yea retract, "my righteousness is in it"; that is, my right is involved in this matter.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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