NET Bible
"How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove?"
— Job 6:25, NET Bible
“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?”
“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?”
Friends’ Fears“Have I ever said,‘Give me something, and from your fortune make gifts in my favor’?
Or‘Deliver me from the enemy’s power, and from the hand of tyrants ransom me’?
No Sin Discovered“Teach me and I, for my part, will be silent; explain to me how I have been mistaken.
How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove?
Do you intend to criticize mere words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?
Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.
Other Explanation“Now then, be good enough to look at me; and I will not lie to your face!