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Job 6:25

How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

KJV

Quare detraxistis sermonibus veritatis, cum e vobis nullus sit qui possit arguere me ?

Vulgate

ἀλλ’ ὡς ἔοικεν φαῦλα ἀληθινοῦ ῥήματα, οὐ γὰρ παρ’ ὑμῶν ἰσχὺν αἰτοῦμαι·

LXX

How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what doth it reprove?

ASV

מַה נִּמְרְצ֥וּ אִמְרֵי יֹ֑שֶׁר וּ/מַה יּוֹכִ֖יחַ הוֹכֵ֣חַ מִ/כֶּֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִמְרֵי
'mry
noun · 48×
יֹֽשֶׁר
yshr
noun · 14×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
מוֹכִ֑יחַ
mvkych
verb · 59×
נִמְרֶ֔צֶת
nmrtst
verb · 4×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Prov 24:26 — Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.