Job 6:29

Job 6:29 Meaning and Explanation

Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

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Job pleads with his friends to reconsider, insisting his cause is just and that no wrong be done him.

What Does Job 6:29 Mean?

Job earnestly asks his friends to turn back from their unjust verdict. Let there be no injustice, he urges; reconsider, for his righteousness in this matter still stands. He pleads for a fair hearing rather than condemnation.

Job clings to his integrity even as everything else is stripped away. He will not confess to sins he has not committed merely to satisfy his accusers. This steady refusal to lie about himself, even under pressure, honors the God of truth, who desires honesty in the inward parts and vindicates the upright in His own time.

Job 6:29 in the Original Language

tsedeq (צֶדֶק), 'righteousness' -- being in the right, just and blameless in a given cause.

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Job pleads with his friends to reconsider, insisting his cause is just and that no wrong be done him.

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