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Job 6:29–30

29 Relent, do not be unjust;h

reconsider, for my integrityi is at stake.b j

30 Is there any wickedness on my lips?k

Can my mouth not discernl malice?

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Job 6:29–30 — English Standard Version (ESV)

29 Please turn; let no injustice be done.

Turn now; my vindication is at stake.

30 Is there any injustice on my tongue?

Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity?

Job 6:29–30 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity;

Yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

30 Is there iniquity in my tongue?

Cannot my taste discern perverse things?

Job 6:29–30 — New Living Translation (NLT)

29 Stop assuming my guilt,

for I have done no wrong.

30 Do you think I am lying?

Don’t I know the difference between right and wrong?

Job 6:29–30 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

29 Yield now, let there be no injustice!

Yes, concede, my righteousness still stands!

30 Is there injustice on my tongue?

Cannot my taste discern the unsavory?

Job 6:29–30 — New Century Version (NCV)

29 Change your mind; do not be unfair;

think again, because my innocence is being questioned.

30 What I am saying is not wicked;

I can tell the difference between right and wrong.

Job 6:29–30 — American Standard Version (ASV)

29 Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice;

Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.

30 Is there injustice on my tongue?

Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?

Job 6:29–30 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

29 Return, I pray you, let there be no wrong; yea, return again, my righteousness shall be in it. 30 Is there wrong in my tongue? cannot my taste discern mischievous things?

Job 6:29–30 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

29 Please change your mind. 

Don’t permit any injustice. 

Change your mind because I am still right about this! 

30 Is there injustice on my tongue, 

or is my mouth unable to tell the difference between right and wrong? 

Job 6:29–30 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

29 Reconsider; don’t be unjust.

Reconsider; my righteousness is still the issue.

30 Is there injustice on my tongue

or can my palate not taste disaster?

Job 6:29–30 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

29 Turn, I pray, let no wrong be done.

Turn now, my vindication is at stake.

30 Is there any wrong on my tongue?

Cannot my taste discern calamity?

Job 6:29–30 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

29 Please turn, let no injustice happen;

indeed, turn, my righteousness is still intact.

30 Is there injustice on my tongue?

Or can my palate not discern calamity?

Job 6:29–30 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

29 Stop what you are saying. Don’t be so unfair.

Think it over again.

You are trying to take my honesty away from me.

30 Has my mouth spoken anything that is evil?

Do my lips say things that are hateful?”

Job 6:29–30 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

29 Desist now, let there be no injustice;

Even desist, my righteousness is yet in it.

30 “Is there injustice on my tongue?

Cannot my palate discern calamities?


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