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27 Why, you would sell an orphan
    or your own neighbor!
28 Look me straight in the eye;
    I won't lie to you.
29 Stop accusing me falsely;
    my reputation is at stake.

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27 You would even cast lots(A) for the fatherless(B)
    and barter away your friend.

28 “But now be so kind as to look at me.
    Would I lie to your face?(C)
29 Relent, do not be unjust;(D)
    reconsider, for my integrity(E) is at stake.[a](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:29 Or my righteousness still stands

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.

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