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Howמַהhardנִּמְרְצוּare sayingsאִמְרֵיof uprightness,יֹשֶׁרbutוּwhatמַהdoes reproofהוֹכֵחַfrom youמִכֶּםreprove?יּוֹכִיחַ
Job 6:25
Study it in the app“How hard are sayings of uprightness, but what does reproof from you reprove?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 6:25, word by word
- hardנִּמְרְצוּnimrtsu
be grievous, sharp
Be strong, harsh, wounding; said of words or a curse that hurt (1 Kings 2:8), and of what irritates or provokes.
Where else “nimrtsu” appears- are sayingsאִמְרֵיimre
words, sayings
Words, sayings. In Genesis 49:21, some read "fawns".
Where else “imre” appears- of uprightnessיֹשֶׁרyosher
uprightness
Uprightness: what is straight and right.
Where else “yosher” appears- does reproofהוֹכֵחַhocheach
rebuke
To point out someone's fault so that he corrects it.
Where else “hocheach” appears
The context
24Teach me, and I will be silent; and make me understand how I have erred.
25 · This verse (above)
26Do you think to reprove words, and the sayings of one in despair as wind?