Job 6:28 KJV

Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.

Thou and Ye

  • you more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Job reproves his friends as unkindIn his prosperity Job formed great expectations from his friends, but now was disappointed. This he compares to the failing of brooks in summer. Those who...

Thompson Chains

Parallel Passages

  • Job 27:4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Job 11:3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
  • Job 13:4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
  • Job 27:4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
  • Job 33:3 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
  • Job 36:4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.

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Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Now therefore be content וְעַתָּה wĕʿattâ Adverb · with and הוֹאִילוּ hôʾîlû יָאַל Verb · hiphil imperative, second person masculine plural
  • look פְנוּ pĕnû פָּנָה Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine plural
  • upon me; for it is evident בִי bî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular וְעַל wĕʿal Preposition · with and פְּנֵיכֶם pĕnêkem פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
  • unto you if I lie אִם ʾim Conjunction אֲכַזֵּב ʾăkazzēb כָּזַב Verb · piel imperfect, first person common singular

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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