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25 The truth[a] can be painful,
    but what has your argument proven?
26 Did you intend your words to reprove,
    even though the speech of a desperate person is just wind?
27 Indeed, you would gamble to buy an orphan;
    and barter to buy your friend!

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  1. Job 6:25 Lit. Upright words

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.

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