Job 6:26

Do ye imagine to reproue words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as winde?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"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 you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

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

You dress up speeches only to rebuke, and you utter words to the wind.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

Do ye imagine to reprove words? seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind.
- English Revised Version

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

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.