Bible Strands
Job 6:29
Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job speaks to his three friends in the midst of a heated dispute, pressing them to examine his words after asking them to observe him closely in the preceding verse.
The words — The Hebrew imperative שׁוּבוּ (shuvu) literally means "turn back" or "reconsider," and is coupled with עַוְלָה ('avlah) for "injustice" and צִדְקִי (tzidqi) for "my righteousness."
The thread — Job issues a parallel call to reconsider in Job 17:10 while declaring that no wise man remains among his listeners, and he echoes this defense of his speech in Job 27:4.
Why it lands — The text requires his listeners to halt their accusations because the ongoing argument directly places his own righteous standing in question.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
Cross-references
- Job 17:10 But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.
- Job 23:10 Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
- Job 27:4 my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
- Job 34:5 For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.
- Job 42:6 Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
- Malachi 3:18 So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”