Job 6:25
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? | How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove? | How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what doth it reprove? |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| how! | מַה־ | mah- | H4100 | whatמָא (ma) 1) what, whatever 1a) what? 1b) whatever, what, whatsoever 1c) how?, why?, wherefore? (with prefixes) |
| they are painful | נִּמְרְצ֥וּ | nim-re-TZU | H4834 | be sickמָרַץ (ma.rats) 1) to be or make sick 1a) (Niphal) to be grievous or painful 1b) (Hiphil) to make sick |
| words of | אִמְרֵי־ | 'im-rei- | H0561 | wordאֵמֶר (e.mer) utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command |
| uprightness | יֹ֑שֶׁר | YO-sher | H3476 | uprightnessיֹ֫שֶׁר (yo.sher) 1) straightness, uprightness 1a) straightness, evenness (moral implications) 1b) rightness, uprightness 1c) what is right, what is due |
| and what? | וּמַה־ | u-mah- | H4100 | whatמָא (ma) 1) what, whatever 1a) what? 1b) whatever, what, whatsoever 1c) how?, why?, wherefore? (with prefixes) |
| does it prove | יּוֹכִ֖יחַ | yo-KHI-ach | H3198 | to rebukeיָכַח (ya.khach) 1) to prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct, be right 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to decide, judge 1a2) to adjudge, appoint 1a3) to show to be right, prove 1a4) to convince, convict 1a5) to reprove, chide 1a6) to correct, rebuke 1b) (Hophal) to be chastened 1c) (Niphal) to reason, reason together 1d) (Hithp) to argue |
| completely to prove | הוֹכֵ֣חַ | ho-KHE-ach | H3198 | to rebukeיָכַח (ya.khach) 1) to prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct, be right 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to decide, judge 1a2) to adjudge, appoint 1a3) to show to be right, prove 1a4) to convince, convict 1a5) to reprove, chide 1a6) to correct, rebuke 1b) (Hophal) to be chastened 1c) (Niphal) to reason, reason together 1d) (Hithp) to argue |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.