“Now if it is not so, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech worth nothing?”
Parallel translations
- WEB If it isn’t so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?”
- KJV And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
- BSB If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”
- NASB “Now if it is not so, who can prove me a liar, And make my speech worthless?”
- NLT Can anyone claim otherwise? Who can prove me wrong?”
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Quick answer
Job challenges anyone to prove him wrong in what he has said. It matters because he stands firmly behind his honest assessment of the world.
Overview
Job closes this speech by daring his friends to refute his words and expose them as empty. He is confident he has spoken truly about the delayed judgment of the wicked. His insistence on speaking honestly before God, even when it unsettles easy formulas, models the integrity God ultimately commends in him.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Job 9:24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it?
- Job 27:4surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
- Job 11:2–3“Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
- Job 6:28Now therefore be pleased to look at me, for surely I shall not lie to your face.
- Job 15:2“Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?
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