King James Version
Job 6:22 in the King James Version says “Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?” — study this verse from Job chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?”
Job 6:22 · KJV
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. ye are: or, ye are like to them: Heb. to it nothing: Heb. not
Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“Bring”
H3051to give (whether literal or figurative); generally, to put; imperatively (reflexive) come
“for me of your substance”
H3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)
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