Job 6:26

“Do ye imagine to reproue words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as winde?”

1611 King James Version (KJV)




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Other Translations

Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, [which are] as wind?
- King James Version

"Do you intend to reprove {my} words, When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?
- American Standard Version (1901)

My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind.
- Basic English Bible

Do ye imagine to reprove words? The speeches of one that is desperate are indeed for the wind.
- Darby Bible

Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
- Webster's Bible

Do you intend to reprove words, since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?
- World English Bible

For reproof -- do you reckon words? And for wind -- sayings of the desperate.
- Youngs Literal Bible

Do ye hold words to be an argument, but the speeches of one that is desperate to be wind?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Bible commentary

Wesley's Notes for Job 6:26


6:26 Words - Do you think it is sufficient to quarrel with some of my words, without giving allowance for human infirmity, or extreme misery. Desperate - Of a poor miserable, hopeless and helpless man. As wind - Which pass away and are forgotten.


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