Job 6:29

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

Think it over, please; don't let wrong be done. Think it over again: my cause is just.

Berean Standard Bible:

Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.

American Standard Version:

Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Return{H7725}, I pray you, let it not be iniquity{H5766}; yea, return again{H7725}, my righteousness{H6664} is in it.

Cross-References (KJV):

Job 17:10

  • ¶ But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.

Job 27:4

  • My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

Job 27:6

  • My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.

Job 23:10

  • But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Job 42:6

  • Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.

Malachi 3:18

  • Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

Job 34:5

  • For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

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Commentary for Job 6:29

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H7725
    There are 952 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שׁוּב
    Transliteration: shûwb
    Pronunciation: shoob
    Description: a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again; ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
  2. Strong's Number: H5766
    There are 51 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עֶוֶל
    Transliteration: ʻevel
    Pronunciation: eh'-vel
    Description: or עָוֶל; and (feminine) עַוְלָה; or עוֹלָה; or עֹלָה; from עֲוַל; (moral) evil; iniquity, perverseness, unjust(-ly), unrighteousness(-ly); wicked(-ness).
  3. Strong's Number: H6664
    There are 109 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צֶדֶק
    Transliteration: tsedeq
    Pronunciation: tseh'-dek
    Description: from צָדַק; the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity; [idiom] even, ([idiom] that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness).