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Job 6:26 Cross-References

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Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

Job 6:26 (KJV)

Commentary on Job 6:26

Job accuses his friends of misinterpreting his words of despair as mere 'wind' (ruach, רוּחַ)—empty, meaningless utterance. The verb 'imagine' (chashab, חָשַׁב) means to devise or plan, suggesting his friends are deliberately constructing arguments against him rather than offering compassionate understanding. Job identifies himself as 'desperate' (ya'ash, יָאַשׁ), one who has lost hope—a state that requires grace, not condemnation. This verse addresses a critical pastoral failure: treating the sufferer's anguished cries as theological errors to be corrected rather than as legitimate expression...

Source: KJV Study Commentary

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