Catholic Public Domain Version
"Why have you diminished the words of truth, when there is none of you who is able to offer proof against me? "
— Job 6:25, Catholic Public Domain Version
“How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?”
“How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what doth it reprove? ”
“How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?”
“How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove?”
“Why have you detracted the words of truth, whereas there is none of you that can reprove me?”
“How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments?”
“How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?”
Did I say: “Bring to me and give to me from your necessities?”
or, “Free me from the hand of the enemy and rescue me from the hand of the strong?”
Teach me, and I will be silent, and if by chance I have been ignorant of anything, instruct me.
Why have you diminished the words of truth, when there is none of you who is able to offer proof against me?
You prepare speeches as so much noise, and you offer words into the wind.
You encroach upon the orphan, and you strive to undermine your friend.
Such is true, so finish what you have begun. Listen closely, and see if I lie.