29 Relent, do not be unjust;(A)
    reconsider, for my integrity(B) is at stake.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:29 Or my righteousness still stands

29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

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29 (A)Yield now, let there be no injustice!
Yes, concede, my (B)righteousness [a]still stands!

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:29 Lit. is in it

29 (A)Please turn; let no injustice be done.
    Turn now; my vindication is at stake.

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Interlude: Where Wisdom Is Found

28 There is a mine for silver
    and a place where gold is refined.(A)

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28 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.

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Job’s Discourse on Wisdom

28 “Surely there is a mine for silver,
And a place where gold is refined.

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Job Continues: Where Is Wisdom?

28 “Surely there is a mine for silver,
    and a place for gold that they (A)refine.

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And the words of the Lord are flawless,(A)
    like silver purified(B) in a crucible,(C)
    like gold[a] refined seven times.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 12:6 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text earth

The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

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The words of the Lord are (A)pure words,
Like silver tried in a furnace of earth,
Purified seven times.

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(A)The words of the Lord are pure words,
    like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
    purified seven times.

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