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But what do your arguments prove?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Honest words can be painful, but what do your criticisms amount to?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />How forceful are upright words! But what does reproof from you reprove?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />How forceful are right words! But what does your arguing prove?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />How painful are upright words! But what does your reproof prove?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“How painful are words of honesty. But what does your argument prove?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />How painful honest words can be! But what does your rebuke prove?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />How painful honest words can be! But what does your rebuke prove? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what doth it reprove?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The truth is always painful, but your arguments prove nothing. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />How forcible are words of uprightness! but what doth your arguing reprove?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />How painful an honest discussion can be! In correcting me, you correct yourselves!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Honest words are convincing, but you are talking nonsense. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The truth can be painful, but what has your argument proven?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />How forcible are words of uprightness. But your reproof, what does it reprove?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />How powerful have been upright sayings, "" And what reproof from you reproves?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> How powerful have been upright sayings, And what doth reproof from you reprove?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />How forcible were words of uprightness! and what will reproving from you prove?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Why have you detracted the words of truth, whereas there is none of you that can reprove me? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Why have you diminished the words of truth, when there is none of you who is able to offer proof against me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />How painful honest words can be; yet how unconvincing is your argument! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />How forceful are honest words! But your reproof, what does it reprove?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Why do you reject the words of truth? Who of you are able to rebuke and chastise?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Why do you reject the Word of truth, and who is it of you that humbles and rebukes?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />How forcible are words of uprightness! But what doth your arguing argue?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But as it seems, the words of a true man are vain, because I do not ask strength of you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/6-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=974" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/6.htm">Job Replies: My Complaint is Just</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">24</span>Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred. <span class="reftext">25</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: mah- (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">How</a> <a href="/hebrew/4834.htm" title="4834: nim·rə·ṣū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To be sick. A primitive root; properly, to press, i.e. to be pungent or vehement; to irritate.">painful</a> <a href="/hebrew/3476.htm" title="3476: yō·šer (N-ms) -- Straightness, uprightness. From yashar; the right.">are honest</a> <a href="/hebrew/561.htm" title="561: ’im·rê- (N-mpc) -- Speech, word. From 'amar; something said.">words!</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: ū·mah- (Conj-w:: Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">But what</a> <a href="/hebrew/3198.htm" title="3198: yō·w·ḵî·aḥ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To decide, adjudge, prove. A primitive root; to be right; reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict.">does your argument</a> <a href="/hebrew/mik·kem (Prep:: 2mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3198.htm" title="3198: hō·w·ḵê·aḥ (V-Hifil-InfAbs) -- To decide, adjudge, prove. A primitive root; to be right; reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict.">prove?</a> </span><span class="reftext">26</span>Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/15-23.htm">Proverbs 15:23</a></span><br />A man takes joy in a fitting reply—and how good is a timely word!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/25-11.htm">Proverbs 25:11</a></span><br />A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/12-18.htm">Proverbs 12:18</a></span><br />Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/16-24.htm">Proverbs 16:24</a></span><br />Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/10-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 10:12</a></span><br />The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-103.htm">Psalm 119:103</a></span><br />How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/141-6.htm">Psalm 141:6</a></span><br />When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/50-4.htm">Isaiah 50:4</a></span><br />The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm">Isaiah 55:11</a></span><br />so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-29.htm">Jeremiah 23:29</a></span><br />“Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-36.htm">Matthew 12:36-37</a></span><br />But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. / For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/4-29.htm">Ephesians 4:29</a></span><br />Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/4-6.htm">Colossians 4:6</a></span><br />Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/3-5.htm">James 3:5-6</a></span><br />In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze. / The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/3-17.htm">James 3:17</a></span><br />But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">How forcible are right words! but what does your arguing reprove?</p><p class="hdg">forcible.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/4-4.htm">Job 4:4</a></b></br> Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/16-5.htm">Job 16:5</a></b></br> <i>But</i> I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage <i>your grief</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/12-18.htm">Proverbs 12:18</a></b></br> There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise <i>is</i> health.</p><p class="hdg">what doth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/13-5.htm">Job 13:5</a></b></br> O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/16-3.htm">Job 16:3,4</a></b></br> Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/21-34.htm">Job 21:34</a></b></br> How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/18-25.htm">Argue</a> <a href="/jude/1-9.htm">Arguing</a> <a href="/1_samuel/12-7.htm">Argument</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-12.htm">Arguments</a> <a href="/esther/9-32.htm">Force</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-10.htm">Forceful</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-10.htm">Forcible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-15.htm">Honest</a> <a href="/job/2-7.htm">Painful</a> <a href="/esther/8-5.htm">Pleasing</a> <a href="/job/5-15.htm">Powerful</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-61.htm">Prove</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-16.htm">Reproof</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-4.htm">Reprove</a> <a href="/job/5-27.htm">Right</a> <a href="/job/6-10.htm">Sayings</a> <a href="/james/1-5.htm">Upbraiding</a> <a href="/job/4-17.htm">Upright</a> <a href="/job/4-6.htm">Uprightness</a> <a href="/job/6-10.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/9-14.htm">Argue</a> <a href="/job/16-3.htm">Arguing</a> <a href="/job/6-26.htm">Argument</a> <a href="/job/9-14.htm">Arguments</a> <a href="/job/14-19.htm">Force</a> <a href="/matthew/11-12.htm">Forceful</a> <a href="/mark/12-28.htm">Forcible</a> <a href="/job/31-6.htm">Honest</a> <a href="/psalms/73-16.htm">Painful</a> <a href="/psalms/19-14.htm">Pleasing</a> <a href="/job/10-16.htm">Powerful</a> <a href="/job/9-20.htm">Prove</a> <a href="/job/6-26.htm">Reproof</a> <a href="/job/6-26.htm">Reprove</a> <a href="/job/8-3.htm">Right</a> <a href="/job/6-26.htm">Sayings</a> <a href="/james/1-5.htm">Upbraiding</a> <a href="/job/8-3.htm">Upright</a> <a href="/job/33-3.htm">Uprightness</a> <a href="/job/6-26.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Job 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/6-1.htm">Job shows that his complaints are not causeless.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/6-8.htm">He wishes for death, wherein he is assured of comfort.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/6-14.htm">He reproves his friends of unkindness.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>How painful are honest words!</b><br>Honest words can be difficult to hear, especially when they reveal uncomfortable truths. In the context of Job, he is responding to his friends who have accused him of wrongdoing as the cause of his suffering. The pain of truth is a recurring theme in Scripture, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/27-6.htm">Proverbs 27:6</a>, "Faithful are the wounds of a friend." The idea is that truth, though painful, is necessary for growth and understanding. Job's lament highlights the human struggle with accepting hard truths, a theme that resonates throughout the Bible, including in the teachings of Jesus, who often spoke hard truths to His followers (e.g., <a href="/john/6-60.htm">John 6:60-66</a>).<p><b>But what does your argument prove?</b><br>Job challenges the validity and effectiveness of his friends' arguments. This reflects a broader biblical theme of questioning human wisdom and understanding, as seen in <a href="/1_corinthians/1-20.htm">1 Corinthians 1:20</a>, "Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?" Job's friends believed that suffering was always a result of sin, a common belief in ancient Near Eastern cultures. However, Job's situation challenges this simplistic view, pointing to the complexity of divine justice and human suffering. This phrase also foreshadows the ultimate revelation of God's wisdom and justice, which transcends human understanding, as seen in the later chapters of Job and in the New Testament revelation of Christ, who embodies divine wisdom and truth (<a href="/1_corinthians/1-24.htm">1 Corinthians 1:24</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, experiencing intense suffering and questioning the reasons behind it.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/eliphaz,_bildad,_and_zophar.htm">Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar</a></b><br>Job's three friends who come to comfort him but end up arguing with him about the reasons for his suffering, often suggesting that it is due to some hidden sin.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/u/uz.htm">Uz</a></b><br>The land where Job lived, often associated with the region east of Israel, possibly in Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The ultimate authority and sovereign being, whose purposes and plans are central to the account of Job.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/satan.htm">Satan</a></b><br>The adversary who challenges Job's integrity, suggesting that his faithfulness is due to his prosperity and protection from God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_words.htm">The Power of Words</a></b><br>Words have the power to heal or hurt. Job acknowledges the pain of honest words, reminding us to be mindful of how we speak to others, especially in their time of suffering.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_intent.htm">The Importance of Intent</a></b><br>Job questions the purpose of his friends' arguments. When offering counsel or correction, our intent should be to build up and not to tear down.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_suffering.htm">The Role of Suffering</a></b><br>Suffering can lead to deep introspection and growth. Job's trials push him to seek understanding and truth, encouraging us to seek God in our own times of trouble.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_value_of_true_friendship.htm">The Value of True Friendship</a></b><br>True friends offer support and understanding rather than judgment. Job's experience challenges us to be compassionate and empathetic friends.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/seeking_god's_wisdom.htm">Seeking God's Wisdom</a></b><br>In times of confusion and pain, seeking God's wisdom and understanding is crucial. Job's account encourages us to turn to God for answers rather than relying solely on human reasoning.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_job_25_6_contradict_genesis_1_27.htm">Why does the description of humanity as a mere worm in Job 25:6 seem to contradict earlier passages that present humans as made in God's image (e.g., Genesis 1:27)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_proof_of_job's_wrongdoing.htm">In Job 6:24-25, why is it that neither God nor anyone else presents undeniable evidence of Job's alleged wrongdoing if his punishment is just?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_job_wish_for_death_in_job_6_8-9.htm">In Job 6:8-9, why would Job, a faithful man, wish for God to grant him death, and does this contradict other biblical teachings on life's sanctity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_job_13_25_show_god_as_unjust.htm">In Job 13:25, why does Job accuse God of targeting him as if he were light chaff, if God is portrayed as just and merciful?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25) <span class= "bld">How forcible are right words </span>!--"How forcible are words of uprightness! But what doth your reproof reprove? Open rebuke is better than secret love; better to be honestly and openly rebuked by you than be subject to the secret insinuations which are intended to pass for friendship."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 25.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">How forcible are right words!</span> literally, <span class="accented">words</span> <span class="accented">of uprightness.</span> Such words have a force that none can resist. If the charges made by Eliphaz had been right and true, and his arguments sound and just, then Job must have yielded to them, have confessed himself guilty, and bowed down with shame before his judges. But they had had no such constraining power. Therefore they were not "words of uprightness<span class="cmt_word">." But what doth your arguing reprove?</span> literally, <span class="accented">What</span> <span class="accented">doth your reproving reprove?</span> That is - What exactly is it that ye think to be wrong in me? At what is your invective aimed? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/6-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">How</span><br /><span class="heb">מַה־</span> <span class="translit">(mah-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">painful</span><br /><span class="heb">נִּמְרְצ֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(nim·rə·ṣū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4834.htm">Strong's 4834: </a> </span><span class="str2">To press, to be pungent, vehement, to irritate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[are] honest</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹ֑שֶׁר</span> <span class="translit">(yō·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3476.htm">Strong's 3476: </a> </span><span class="str2">Straightness, uprightness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">words!</span><br /><span class="heb">אִמְרֵי־</span> <span class="translit">(’im·rê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_561.htm">Strong's 561: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something said</span><br /><br /><span class="word">But what</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמַה־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mah-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">does your argument</span><br /><span class="heb">יּוֹכִ֖יחַ</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·ḵî·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3198.htm">Strong's 3198: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be right, reciprocal, to argue, to decide, justify, convict</span><br /><br /><span class="word">prove?</span><br /><span class="heb">הוֹכֵ֣חַ</span> <span class="translit">(hō·w·ḵê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3198.htm">Strong's 3198: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be right, reciprocal, to argue, to decide, justify, convict</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/6-25.htm">Job 6:25 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/6-25.htm">Job 6:25 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/6-25.htm">Job 6:25 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/6-25.htm">Job 6:25 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/6-25.htm">Job 6:25 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/6-25.htm">Job 6:25 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/6-25.htm">Job 6:25 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/6-25.htm">Job 6:25 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/6-25.htm">Job 6:25 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/6-25.htm">Job 6:25 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/6-25.htm">OT Poetry: Job 6:25 How forcible are words of uprightness! 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