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Job 6:29 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Job 6:29 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 6 verse 29 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it. in it: that is, in this matter”
Job 6:29 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 6:29
Job pleads 'Return' (shub, שׁוּב) twice—a call for repentance or change of direction, ironically reversing the expected relationship where the sinner should repent. Job demands his friends reconsider their position, warning 'let it not be iniquity' (avelah, עַוְלָה)—unrighteousness or injustice. This is bold: Job suggests that continuing their false accusations would itself be sin. The declaration 'my righteousness is in it' (tsedaqah, צְדָקָה) asserts that Job's claim of innocence is itself a matter of righteousness—he has a moral obligation to maintain the truth about his relationship with G...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 6:29
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“come on now again; I shall not find a wise man among you.”
“'I am righteous”
“between him who serves God and him who doesn't serve him.”
“I shall come forth like gold.”
“and repent in dust and ashes.,Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes., עַל־כֵּן אֶמְאַס וְנִחַמְתִּי עַל־עָפָר וָאֵפֶר׃ פ ,Wherefore I abhor my words, and repent, Seeing I am dust and ashes.,διὸ ἐφαύλισα ἐμαυτὸν καὶ ἐτάκην ἥγημαι δὲ ἐμαυτὸν γῆν καὶ σποδόν,Wherefore I have counted myself vile, and have fainted: and I esteem myself dust and ashes.,,,,”
“neither shall my tongue utter deceit.”