King James Version
Job 6:29 in the King James Version says “Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it. in it: that is, in this matter” — study this verse from Job chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. ye overwhelm: Heb. ye cause to fall upon
Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie. evident: Heb. before your face
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it. in it: that is, in this matter
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? my taste: Heb. my palate
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“Return”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“Return”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
“my righteousness”
H6664the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
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