Job 6:26
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Do you intendתַּחְשֹׁ֑בוּ
(tach·sho·vu;)
2803: to think, accounta prim. root
to reproveהַלְהֹוכַ֣ח
(hal·ho·v·chach)
3198: to decide, adjudge, provea prim. root
[my] words, When the wordsאִמְרֵ֥י
(im·rei)
561: speech, wordfrom amar
of one in despairנֹאָֽשׁ׃
(no·'ash.)
2976: to despaira prim. root
belong to the wind?וּ֝לְר֗וּחַ
(u·le·ru·ach)
7307: breath, wind, spiritfrom an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
Do ye imagine
chashab  (khaw-shab')
to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
to reprove
yakach  (yaw-kahh')
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
words
millah  (mil-law')
a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic -- + answer, by-word, matter, any thing (what) to say, to speak(-ing), speak, talking, word.
and the speeches
'emer  (ay'-mer)
something said -- answer, appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.
of one that is desperate
ya'ash  (yaw-ash')
to desist, i.e. (figuratively) to despond -- (cause to) despair, one that is desperate, be no hope.
which are as wind
ruwach  (roo'-akh)
wind; 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
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Do you intend to reprove my words, When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do you think that you can disprove my words or that a despairing man's words are mere wind?

International Standard Version
Did you intend your words to reprove, even though the speech of a desperate person is just wind?

NET Bible
Do you intend to criticize mere words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Do you think my words need correction? Do you think they're what a desperate person says to the wind?

King James 2000 Bible
Do you intend to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
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