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Job 6:22

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Have I said, ‘Give me [something],’ Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,’
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Did I say, Give unto me? or, offer a present for me of your substance?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Did I say, Bring to me? or Give a reward for me of your substance?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Did I say, Bring unto me, and make me a present from your substance?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Is it that I said, Make me a gift, or, out of your abundance, offer a bribe on my behalf;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Is it because I said, Give to me? And, By your power bribe for me?
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Did I say: Bring to me, and give me of your substance?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Was it because I said, Bring vnto me? or giue a rewarde to me of your substance?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Did I say, Bring vnto mee? or giue a reward for me of your substance?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Did I say, Bring me a present? Or from your wealth offer a bribe for my sake?
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— What? have I made any demand of you? or do I ask for strength from you,
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Did x3588
(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
I say, 559
{0559} Prime
אָמַר
'amar
{aw-mar'}
A primitive root; to say (used with great latitude).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
Bring 3051
{3051} Prime
יָהַב
yahab
{yaw-hab'}
A primitive root; to give (whether literally or figuratively); generally to put; imperatively (reflexively) come.
z8798
<8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperative (See H8810)
Count - 2847
unto me? or, Give a reward 7809
{7809} Prime
שָׁחַד
shachad
{shaw-khad'}
A primitive root; to donate, that is, bribe.
z8798
<8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperative (See H8810)
Count - 2847
for x1157
(1157) Complement
בַּעַד
b@`ad
{beh-ad'}
From H5704 with prepositional prefix; in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.
me of your substance? 3581
{3581} Prime
כֹּחַ
koach
{ko'-akh}
From an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard.
x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Job 6:22

_ _ And yet I did not ask you to “bring me” a gift; or to “pay for me out of your substance a reward” (to the Judge, to redeem me from my punishment); all I asked from you was affectionate treatment.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

Job 6:22-30

_ _ Poor Job goes on here to upbraid his friends with their unkindness and the hard usage they gave him. He here appeals to themselves concerning several things which tended both to justify him and to condemn them. If they would but think impartially, and speak as they thought, they could not but own,

_ _ I. That, though he was necessitous, yet he was not craving, nor burdensome to his friends. Those that are so, whose troubles serve them to beg by, are commonly less pitied than the silent poor. Job would be glad to see his friends, but he did not say, Bring unto me (Job 6:22), or, Deliver me, Job 6:23. He did not desire to put them to any expense, did not urge his friends either, 1. To make a collection for him, to set him up again in the world. Though he could plead that his losses came upon him by the hand of God and not by any fault or folly of his own, — that he was utterly ruined and impoverished, — that he had lived in good condition, and that when he had wherewithal he was charitable and ready to help those that were in distress, — that his friends were rich, and able to help him, yet he did not say, Give me of your substance. Note, A good man, when troubled himself, is afraid of being troublesome to his friends. Or, 2. To raise the country for him, to help him to recover his cattle out of the hands of the Sabeans and Chaldeans, or to make reprisals upon them: “Did I send for you to deliver me out of the hand of the mighty? No, I never expected you should either expose yourselves to any danger or put yourselves to any charge upon my account. I will rather sit down content under my affliction, and make the best of it, than sponge upon my friends.” St. Paul worked with his hands, that he might not be burdensome to any. Job's not asking their help did not excuse them from offering it when he needed it and it was in the power of their hands to give it; but it much aggravated their unkindness when he desired no more from them than a good look, and a good word, and yet could not obtain them. It often happens that from man, even when we expect little, we have less, but from God, even when we expect much, we have more, Ephesians 3:20.

_ _ II. That, though he differed in opinion from them, yet he was not obstinate, but ready to yield to conviction, and to strike sail to truth as soon as ever it was made to appear to him that he was in an error (Job 6:24, Job 6:25): “If, instead of invidious reflections and uncharitable insinuations, you will give me plain instructions and solid arguments, which shall carry their own evidence along with them, I am ready to acknowledge my error and own myself in a fault: Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; for I have often found, with pleasure and wonder, how forcible right words are. But the method you take will never make proselytes: What doth your arguing reprove? Your hypothesis is false, your surmises are groundless, your management is weak, and your application peevish and uncharitable.” Note, 1. Fair reasoning has a commanding power, and it is a wonder if men are not conquered by it; but railing and foul language are impotent and foolish, and it is no wonder if men are exasperated and hardened by them. 2. It is the undoubted character of every honest man that he is truly desirous to have his mistakes rectified, and to be made to understand wherein he has erred; and he will acknowledge that right words, when they appear to him to be so, though contrary to his former sentiments, are both forcible and acceptable.

_ _ III. That, though he had been indeed in a fault, yet they ought not to have given him such hard usage (Job 6:26, Job 6:27): “Do you imagine, or contrive with a great deal of art” (for so the word signifies), “to reprove words, some passionate expressions of mine in this desperate condition, as if they were certain indications of reigning impiety and atheism? A little candour and charity would have served to excuse them, and to put a better construction upon them. Shall a man's spiritual state be judged of by some rash and hasty words, which a surprising trouble extorts from him? Is it fair, is it kind, is it just, to criticize in such a case? Would you yourselves be served thus?” Two things aggravated their unkind treatment of him: — 1. That they took advantage of his weakness and the helpless condition he was in: You overwhelm the fatherless, a proverbial expression, denoting that which is most barbarous and inhuman. “The fatherless cannot secure themselves from insults, which emboldens men of base and sordid spirits to insult them and trample upon them; and you do so by me.” Job, being a childless father, thought himself as much exposed to injury as a fatherless child (Psalms 127:5) and had reason to be offended with those who therefore triumphed over him. Let those who overwhelm and overpower such as upon any account may be looked upon as fatherless know that therein they not only put off the compassions of man, but fight against the compassions of God, who is, and will be, a Father of the fatherless and a helper of the helpless. 2. That they made a pretence of kindness: “You dig a pit for your friend; not only you are unkind to me, who am your friend, but, under colour of friendship, you ensnare me.” When they came to see and sit with him he thought he might speak his mind freely to them, and that the more bitter his complaints to them were the more they would endeavour to comfort him. This made him take a greater liberty than otherwise he would have done. David, though he smothered his resentments when the wicked were before him, would probably have given vent to them if none had been by but friends, Psalms 39:1. But this freedom of speech, which their professions of concern for him made him use, had exposed him to their censures, and so they might be said to dig a pit for him. Thus, when our hearts are hot within us, what is ill done we are apt to misrepresent as if done designedly.

_ _ IV. That, though he had let fall some passionate expressions, yet in the main he was in the right, and that his afflictions, though very extraordinary, did not prove him to be a hypocrite or a wicked man. His righteousness he holds fast, and will not let it go. For the evincing of it he here appeals, 1. To what they saw in him (Job 6:28): “Be content, and look upon me; what do you see in me that bespeaks me either a madman or a wicked man? Nay, look in my face, and you may discern there the indications of a patient and submissive spirit, for all this. Let the show of my countenance witness for me that, though I have cursed my day, I do not curse my God.” Or rather, “Look upon my ulcers and sore boils, and by them it will be evident to you that I do not lie,” that is, “that I do not complain without cause. Let your own eyes convince you that my condition is very sad, and that I do not quarrel with God by making it worse than it is.” 2. To what they heard from him, Job 6:30. “You hear what I have to say: Is there iniquity in my tongue? that iniquity that you charge me with? Have I blasphemed God or renounced him? Are not my present arguings right? Do not you perceive, by what I say, that I can discern perverse things? I can discover your fallacies and mistakes, and, if I were myself in an error, I could perceive it. Whatever you think of me, I know what I say.” 3. To their own second and sober thoughts (Job 6:29): “Return, I pray you, consider the thing over again without prejudice and partiality, and let not the result be iniquity, let it not be an unrighteous sentence; and you will find my righteousness is in it,” that is, “I am in the right in this matter; and, though I cannot keep my temper as I should, I keep my integrity, and have not said, nor done, nor suffered, any thing which will prove me other than an honest man.” A just cause desires nothing more than a just hearing, and if need be a re-hearing.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 6:22

Did I say — Give me something for my support or relief. You might have at least given me comfortable words, when I expected nothing else from you.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Job 6:22

Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your (n) substance?

(n) He touches the worldlings who for need will give part of their goods, and much more these men, who would not give him comfortable words.

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Bring unto me:

Job 42:11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
1 Samuel 12:3 Behold, here I [am]: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received [any] bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
Acts 20:33 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
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1S 12:3. Jb 42:11. Ac 20:33.

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