Job 6:25–26

25 How painful are honest words!

But what do your arguments prove?

26 Do you mean to correct what I say,

and treat my desperate words as wind?

25 How forceful are upright words!

But what does reproof from you reprove?

26 Do you think that you can reprove words,

when the speech of a despairing man is wind?

25 How forcible are right words!

But what doth your arguing reprove?

26 Do ye imagine to reprove words,

And the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

25 Honest words can be painful,

but what do your criticisms amount to?

26 Do you think your words are convincing

when you disregard my cry of desperation?

25 How forceful are right words!

But what does your arguing prove?

26 Do you intend to rebuke my words,

And the speeches of a desperate one, which are as wind?

25 Honest words are painful,

but your arguments prove nothing.

26 Do you mean to correct what I say?

Will you treat the words of a troubled man as if they were only wind?

25 How forcible are words of uprightness!

But your reproof, what doth it reprove?

26 Do ye think to reprove words,

Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?

25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your upbraiding reprove? 26 Do ye imagine to reprove words? The speeches of one that is desperate are indeed for the wind.

25 How painful an honest discussion can be! 

In correcting me, you correct yourselves! 

26 Do you think my words need correction? 

Do you think they’re what a desperate person says to the wind? 

25 How painful honest words can be!

But what does your rebuke prove?

26 Do you think that you can disprove my words

or that a despairing man’s words are mere wind?

25 How forceful are honest words!

But your reproof, what does it reprove?

26 Do you think that you can reprove words,

as if the speech of the desperate were wind?

25 How painful are upright words!

But what does your reproof reprove?

26 Do you intend to reprove my words

and consider the words of a desperate man as wind?

25 Honest words are so painful!

But your reasoning doesn’t prove anything.

26 Are you trying to correct what I’m saying?

You are treating the words of this hopeless man

like nothing but wind.