Verse 28
Job 6:28
World English Bible, British Edition
28
Now therefore be pleased to look at me,
for surely I will not lie to your face.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ֭/עַתָּה הוֹאִ֣ילוּ פְנוּ בִ֑/י וְ/עַל פְּ֝נֵי/כֶ֗ם אִם אֲכַזֵּֽב
English Translation
And now, if I turn away and lie before you.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 6 Context
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Then Job answered,
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“Oh that my anguish were weighed,
and all my calamity laid in the balances!
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For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas,
therefore my words have been rash.
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For the arrows of the Almighty are within me.
My spirit drinks up their poison.
The terrors of God (...
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Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass?
Or does the ox low over his fodder?
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Can that which has no flavour be eaten without salt?
Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
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My soul refuses to touch them.
They are as loathsome food to me.
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“Oh that I might have my request,
that God (Elohim) would grant the thing that I long for,
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even that it would please God (Elohim) to crush me;
that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off...
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Let it still be my consolation,
yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare,
that I have not denied...
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What is my strength, that I should wait?
What is my end, that I should be patient?
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Is my strength the strength of stones?
Or is my flesh of bronze?
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Isn’t it that I have no help in me,
that wisdom is driven away from me?
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“To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown
from his friend;
even to him who forsakes th...
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My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook,
as the channel of brooks that pass away;
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which are black by reason of the ice,
in which the snow hides itself.
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In the dry season, they vanish.
When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
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The caravans that travel beside them turn away.
They go up into the waste, and perish.
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The caravans of Tema looked.
The companies of Sheba waited for them.
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They were distressed because they were confident.
They came there, and were confounded.
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For now you are nothing.
You see a terror, and are afraid.
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Did I ever say, ‘Give to me?’
or, ‘Offer a present for me from your substance?’
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or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand?’
or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?’
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“Teach me, and I will hold my peace.
Cause me to understand my error.
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How forcible are words of uprightness!
But your reproof, what does it reprove?
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Do you intend to reprove words,
since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?
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Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless,
and make merchandise of your friend.
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Now therefore be pleased to look at me,
for surely I will not lie to your face.
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Please return.
Let there be no injustice.
Yes, return again.
My cause is righteous.
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Is there injustice on my tongue?
Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?
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