Job 6:10

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Be it still my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.”

— WEB

“Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.”

— KJV

“And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.”

— ASV

Cross-references

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Job 23:12 "I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food."
Leviticus 19:2 "“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, Yahweh your God, am holy."
Isaiah 57:15 "For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is…"
Psalms 40:9-10 "I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know."
Psalms 71:17-18 "God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works."
Revelation 4:8 "The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying…"
Psalms 119:13 "With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth."
1 Samuel 2:2 "There is no one as holy as Yahweh, For there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God."

Commentary

I would harden myself in sorrow--rather, "I would exult in the pain," if I knew that that pain would hasten my death [GESENIUS]. UMBREIT translates the Hebrew of "Let Him not spare," as "unsparing"; and joins it with "pain." concealed--I have not disowned, in word or deed, the commands of the Holy One (Psa 119:46; Act 20:20). He says this in answer to Eliphaz' insinuation that he is a hypocrite. God is here called "the Holy One," to imply man's reciprocal obligation to be holy, as He is holy (Lev 19:2).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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