Add parallel Print Page Options

25 Honest words can be painful,
    but what do your criticisms amount to?
26 Do you think your words are convincing
    when you disregard my cry of desperation?
27 You would even send an orphan into slavery[a]
    or sell a friend.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 6:27 Hebrew even gamble over an orphan.

25 How painful are honest words!(A)
    But what do your arguments prove?
26 Do you mean to correct what I say,
    and treat my desperate words as wind?(B)
27 You would even cast lots(C) for the fatherless(D)
    and barter away your friend.

Read full chapter