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)
29 Relent, do not be unjust;(E)
    reconsider, for my integrity(F) is at stake.[a](G)
30 Is there any wickedness on my lips?(H)
    Can my mouth not discern(I) malice?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:29 Or my righteousness still stands

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.

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

30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?

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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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