Job 6:29
New International Version
Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my integrity is at stake.

New Living Translation
Stop assuming my guilt, for I have done no wrong.

English Standard Version
Please turn; let no injustice be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake.

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

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

New King James Version
Yield now, let there be no injustice! Yes, concede, my righteousness still stands!

New American Standard Bible
“Please turn away, let there be no injustice; Turn away, my righteousness is still in it.

NASB 1995
“Desist now, let there be no injustice; Even desist, my righteousness is yet in it.

NASB 1977
“Desist now, let there be no injustice; Even desist, my righteousness is yet in it.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now turn from this, let there be no unrighteousness; Even turn from this, my righteousness is yet in it.

Amplified Bible
“Turn away [from your suspicion], let there be no injustice; Turn away, my righteousness and vindication is still in it.

Christian Standard Bible
Reconsider; don’t be unjust. Reconsider; my righteousness is still the issue.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Reconsider; don’t be unjust. Reconsider; my righteousness is still the issue.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Repent, I beg you now, and do not be as the evil. Repent therefore and be justified

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Sit down now, and let there not be unrighteousness; and unite again with the just.

Contemporary English Version
Stop accusing me falsely; my reputation is at stake.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Answer, I beseech you, without contention: and speaking that which is just, judge ye.

English Revised Version
Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; yea, return again, my cause is righteous.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Please change your mind. Don't permit any injustice. Change your mind because I am still right about this!

Good News Translation
You have gone far enough. Stop being unjust. Don't condemn me. I'm in the right.

International Standard Version
Repent! Let there be no injustice; Change your ways! My vindication is at stake.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.

Literal Standard Version
Please turn back, let it not be perverseness, | Indeed, turn back again—my righteousness [is] in it.

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

New American Bible
Think it over; let there be no injustice. Think it over; I still am right.

NET Bible
Relent, let there be no falsehood; reconsider, for my righteousness is intact!

New Revised Standard Version
Turn, I pray, let no wrong be done. Turn now, my vindication is at stake.

New Heart English Bible
Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous.

Webster's Bible Translation
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yes, return again, my righteousness is in it.

World English Bible
Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous.

Young's Literal Translation
Turn back, I pray you, let it not be perverseness, Yea, turn back again -- my righteousness is in it.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Job Replies: My Complaint is Just
28But now, please look at me. Would I lie to your face? 29Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake. 30Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?…

Cross References
Job 10:15
If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.

Job 12:4
I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

Job 13:18
Behold, now that I have prepared my case, I know that I will be vindicated.

Job 19:6
then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.

Job 23:10
Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

Job 27:5
I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.

Job 27:6
I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.


Treasury of Scripture

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

Return.

Job 17:10
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

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.

my righteousness.

Job 27:4-6
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit…

in it.

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Job 6
1. Job shows that his complaints are not causeless.
8. He wishes for death, wherein he is assured of comfort.
14. He reproves his friends of unkindness.














(29) Return, I pray you.--"Do not regard the case as settled, but come again and examine it; try once more before you decide there is no unrighteousness in my case;" or, as some understand it, in my tongue, which is expressed immediately afterwards, and is here anticipated in the pronoun her. This rendering is certainly confirmed by Job 6:30.

Verse 29. - Return, I pray you; i.e. "go back upon my case: reconsider it." And then, Let it not be iniquity; or, let there be no iniquity; i.e. let no injustice be done me. Yea, return again, my righteousness is in it If my cause be well considered, it will be seen that I am in no way blameworthy.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Reconsider;
שֻֽׁבוּ־ (šu·ḇū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

be
תְּהִ֣י (tə·hî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

unjust.
עַוְלָ֑ה (‘aw·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5766: Injustice, unrighteousness

Reconsider,
וְשׁ֥וּבוּ‪‬ (wə·šū·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

for my righteousness
צִדְקִי־ (ṣiḏ·qî-)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6664: The right, equity, prosperity

is at stake.
בָֽהּ׃ (ḇāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew


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