King James Version

Job 6:26

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

Study

Hebrew

Tap a word to see its meaning. Words run left to right in English reading order.

הַלְהוֹכַ֣חhalhokhachthe to argueיָכַחparticle, interrogative, preposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “the to argue”, the to-form of the verbH3198to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convictappoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.מִלִּ֣יםmilimwordמִלָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “word”, the ordinary formH4405a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic[phrase] answer, by-word, matter, any thing (what) to say, to speak(-ing), speak, talking, word.תַּחְשֹׁ֑בוּtachshovvregardחָשַׁבverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “regard”, an unfinished actionH2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute(make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.וּ֝לְר֗וּחַuleruchaand to angerרוּחַconjunction, preposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “and to anger”, the ordinary formH7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).אִמְרֵ֥יimreanswerאֵמֶרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “answer”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH561something saidanswer, [idiom] appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.נֹאָֽשׁnoashdespairיָאַשׁverb, niphal, participle, absolute — “despair”, a verb used as a describing wordH2976to desist, i.e. (figuratively) to despond(cause to) despair, one that is desperate, be no hope.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Do ye hold words to be an argument, but the speeches of one that is desperate to be wind?

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?

Young’s Literal Translation

For reproof — do you reckon words? And for wind — sayings of the desperate.

World English Bible

Do you intend to reprove words, since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?

Darby Translation

Do ye imagine to reprove words? The speeches of one that is desperate are indeed for the wind.

Douay-Rheims

You dress up speeches only to rebuke, and you utter words to the wind.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Do ye hold words to be an argument, but the speeches of one that is desperate to be wind?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Neither will your reproof cause me to cease my words, for neither will I endure the sound of your speech.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὐδὲ ἔλεγχος ὑμῶν ῥήμασί με παύσει, οὐδὲ γὰρ ὑμῶν φθέγμα ῥήματος ἀνέξομαι.