Job 6:26
Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 6 connects to 10 cross-references. Job responds to Eliphaz with a passionate defense of his anguish, comparing his grief to sand on seashores. He accuses his friends of being like a wadi that disappoints travelers in the dry season, pleading for honesty rather than empty …
Other Translations
Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?
For reproof--do you reckon words? And for wind--sayings of the desperate.
My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind.
Cross References
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at …
Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man …
I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God …
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong …
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness …
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.