Job 6:29

“Turn back, please; let there not be injustice; and turn back; my righteousness is still in it.”

Job 6:29 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 6:29, word by word

Turn backשֻׁבוּshuvu

return

To go back to a place.

Where else “shuvu” appears
beתְּהִיtehi

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

Where else “tehi” appears
injusticeעַוְלָהavla

injustice, wrong

Injustice; what is crooked, what is not right.

Where else “avla” appears
my righteousnessצִדְקִtsidki

righteousness

Living uprightly before God.

Where else “tsidki” appears

Translation note

“Turn back”: reconsider, think it over again.

The context

28And now be willing to turn to me, and see if I lie to your face.

29 · This verse (above)

30Is there injustice on my tongue? Or can my palate not discern calamities?

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