Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

How painful are {upright words}! But what does {your reproof} reprove?

New American Standard Bible

“How painful are honest words!
But what does your argument prove?

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

How painful honest words can be!
But what does your rebuke prove?

International Standard Version

The truth can be painful, but what has your argument proven?

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“How painful are words of honesty.
But what does your argument prove?

Bible in Basic English

How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments?

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

How forcible were words of uprightness! and what will reproving from you prove?

King James 2000

How forceful are right words! but what does your arguing prove?

Modern King James verseion

Right words are powerful, but what does your arguing argue?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

How steadfast are the words of truth! And which of you can rebuke or reprove them?

NET Bible

How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove?

New Heart English Bible

How forcible are words of uprightness. But your reproof, what does it reprove?

The Emphasized Bible

How pleasant are the sayings that are right! But what can a decision from you, decide?

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

How powerful have been upright sayings, And what doth reproof from you reprove?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מרץ 
Marats 
Usage: 4

ישׁר 
Yosher 
Usage: 14

אמר 
'emer 
Usage: 49

Context Readings

Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz

24 Teach me, and I myself will be silent; and make me understand how I have gone astray. 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?

Cross References

Job 4:4

Your words have raised up [the one who] stumbles, and you have strengthened knees giving way.

Job 13:5

{O that} you would keep completely silent, and [that] it would become wisdom for you.

Job 16:3-5

[Is there] a limit to windy words? What provokes you that you answer?

Job 21:34

So how will you comfort me [with] emptiness, when fraud is left [in] your answers?"

Job 24:25

"And if [it is] not [so], then who can prove me a liar and reduce my word to nothing?"

Job 32:3

and {he became angry} at his three friends because they had not found an answer, and they had declared Job guilty.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly, like the thrust of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 16:21-24

The wise of heart is called perceptive, but he who is pleasant of lips will increase persuasiveness.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life [are] in the {power} of the tongue, and those who love her will eat of her fruit.

Proverbs 25:11

Apples of gold in a setting of silver is a matter spoken at its proper time.

Ecclesiastes 12:10-11

The Teacher sought to find delightful words, and he wrote what is upright--truthful words.

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