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26 Do you intend to reprove my words[a]
and consider the words of a desperate man as wind?
27 Even over the orphan you would cast the lot,
and you would bargain over your friend.
28 Therefore[b] be prepared, turn to me,
and I surely will not lie to your face.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:26 Or “Do you intend to reprove with words”
  2. Job 6:28 Literally “And now,” or “And so then”
  3. Job 6:28 Hebrew “faces”

26 Do you mean to correct what I say,
    and treat my desperate words as wind?(A)
27 You would even cast lots(B) for the fatherless(C)
    and barter away your friend.

28 “But now be so kind as to look at me.
    Would I lie to your face?(D)

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

27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.

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