Job 6:26 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

Navigate

Chapter 6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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

Job 6:26 —

My Notes

Notes are saved on this device.

← Job 6:25 Job 6:27 →

Original word meaning

— of 6

Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.

Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 8:2
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
Ephesians 4:14
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Job 38:2
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Job 42:3
Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Job 6:9
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 22-30)

Poor Job goes on here to upbraid his friends with their unkindness and the hard usage they gave him. He here appeals to themselves concerning several things which tended both to justify him and to condemn them. If they would but think impartially, and speak as they thought, they could not but own, I. That, though he was necessitous, yet he was not craving, nor burdensome to his friends. Those that…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 26)

26. Do you imagine--or, “mean.” to reprove words and (to reprove) the speeches of one desperate, (which are) as wind?--mere nothings, not to be so narrowly taken to task? Umbreit not so well takes the Hebrew for “as wind,” as “sentiments”; making formal “sentiments” antithetical to mere “speeches,” and supplying, not the word “reprove,” but “would you regard,” from the first clause.