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the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Job 6:22

Have I ever said: “Give me something”or “Pay a bribe for me from your wealth”

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Contrite;   Greatness of God;   Sanctification;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bribery;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Did I say, 'Give to me?' Or, 'Offer a present for me from your substance?'
King James Version
Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
English Standard Version
Have I said, ‘Make me a gift'? Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me'?
New Century Version
I have never said, ‘Give me a gift. Use your wealth to pay my debt.
New English Translation
"Have I ever said, ‘Give me something, and from your fortune make gifts in my favor'?
Amplified Bible
"Did I ever say, 'Give me something,' Or, 'Pay a bribe for me from your wealth,'
New American Standard Bible
"Have I said, 'Give me something,' Or, 'Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,'
World English Bible
Did I say, 'Give to me?' Or, 'Offer a present for me from your substance?'
Geneva Bible (1587)
Was it because I said, Bring vnto me? or giue a rewarde to me of your substance?
Legacy Standard Bible
Have I said, ‘Give me something,'Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,'
Berean Standard Bible
Have I ever said: 'Give me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth;
Contemporary English Version
Have I ever asked any of you to give me a gift
Complete Jewish Bible
Did I say to you, ‘Give me something,' or, ‘From your wealth, offer a bribe on my behalf,'
Darby Translation
Did I say, Bring unto me, and make me a present from your substance?
Easy-to-Read Version
But have I ever asked you to help me? Did I ask you to offer a bribe for me from your wealth?
George Lamsa Translation
Did I say, Bring me a present? Or from your wealth offer a bribe for my sake?
Good News Translation
Have I asked you to give me a gift or to bribe someone on my behalf
Lexham English Bible
Is it because I have said, ‘Give to me,' or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth'?
Literal Translation
Did I indeed say, Give to me? Or, Offer a bribe for me from your wealth?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Dyd I desyre you, to come hyther? Or, to geue me eny off youre substaunce?
American Standard Version
Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?
Bible in Basic English
Did I say, Give me something? or, Make a payment for me out of your wealth?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Did I desire you to bring vnto me, or to geue me any of your substaunce?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Did I say: 'Give unto me'? or: 'Offer a present for me of your substance'?
King James Version (1611)
Did I say, Bring vnto mee? or giue a reward for me of your substance?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
What? have I made any demand of you? or do I ask for strength from you,
English Revised Version
Did I say, Give unto me? or, offer a present for me of your substance?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whether Y seide, Brynge ye to me, and yiue ye of youre catel to me? ethir,
Update Bible Version
Did I say, Give to me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?
Webster's Bible Translation
Did I say, Bring to me? or Give a reward for me of your substance?
New King James Version
Did I ever say, "Bring something to me'? Or, "Offer a bribe for me from your wealth'?
New Living Translation
But why? Have I ever asked you for a gift? Have I begged for anything of yours for myself?
New Life Bible
Have I said, ‘Give me something,' or, ‘Pay something from your riches to help me'?
New Revised Standard
Have I said, ‘Make me a gift'? Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me'?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Is it that I said, Make me a gift, or, out of your abundance, offer a bribe on my behalf;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Did I say: Bring to me, and give me of your substance?
Revised Standard Version
Have I said, 'Make me a gift'? Or, 'From your wealth offer a bribe for me'?
Young's Literal Translation
Is it because I said, Give to me? And, By your power bribe for me?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Have I said, 'Give me something,' Or, 'Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,'

Contextual Overview

22Have I ever said: “Give me something”or “Pay a bribe for me from your wealth”23or “Deliver me from the enemy’s hand”or “Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless”? 24Teach me, and I will be silent.Help me understand what I did wrong. 25How painful honest words can be!But what does your rebuke prove? 26Do you think that you can disprove my wordsor that a despairing man’s words are mere wind? 27No doubt you would cast lots for a fatherless childand negotiate a price to sell your friend. 28But now, please look at me;I will not lie to your face. 29Reconsider; don’t be unjust.Reconsider; my righteousness is still the issue. 30Is there injustice on my tongueor can my palate not taste disaster?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Bring unto me: Job 42:11, 1 Samuel 12:3, Acts 20:33

Reciprocal: Genesis 32:5 - have oxen Psalms 106:10 - redeemed

Cross-References

Genesis 6:3
And the Lord said, “My Spirit will not remain with mankind forever, because they are corrupt. Their days will be 120 years.”
Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth both in those days and afterward, when the sons of God came to the daughters of mankind, who bore children to them. They were the powerful men of old, the famous men.
Genesis 6:7
Then the Lord said, “I will wipe mankind, whom I created, off the face of the earth, together with the animals, creatures that crawl, and birds of the sky—for I regret that I made them.”
Genesis 6:8
Noah, however, found favor with the Lord.
Genesis 7:5
And Noah did everything that the Lord commanded him.
Genesis 7:9
two of each, male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, just as God had commanded him.
Genesis 7:16
Those that entered, male and female of every creature, entered just as God had commanded him. Then the Lord shut him in.
Genesis 17:23
So Abraham took his son Ishmael and those born in his household or purchased—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day, just as God had said to him.
Exodus 40:16
Moses did everything just as the Lord had commanded him.
Exodus 40:19
Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Did I say, bring unto me?.... Or, "give unto me" b; did I invite you to come to me, and bring in your hands presents for me, to support me under my necessitous circumstances?

or give a reward for me of your substance? did I ever ask anything of you? if I had, it would have been but your duty to have given freely to me in my deplorable circumstances; and it might have been expected you would have given without asking, seeing my necessities so great: or did I desire you to communicate out of the great wealth and abundant riches you are possessed of to others on my behalf, to plead my cause among men, and to get a favourable sentence upon me, that I might not be traduced as a wicked man by censorious tongues? had I ever been troublesome to you in any respect, you might have been provoked to use me ill; but since nothing of this kind has ever been requested of you, you might have forborne ill language and hard words; which are often given to beggars; for when a man is fallen to decay, and becomes troublesome by his importunity, twenty things are raked up by his friends against his character; as that he has been lazy and indolent, or lavish and extravagant, c. to save their money, and excuse them from acts of charity but this was not the case here.

b הבו לי "date mihi", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius, Cocceius, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Did I say, Bring unto me? - Job proceeds to state that their conduct in this had been greatly aggravated by the fact that they had come voluntarily. He had not asked them to come. He had desired no gift; no favor. He had not applied to them in any way or form for help. They had come of their own accord, and when they came they uttered only the language of severity and reproach. If he had asked them to aid him, the case would have been different. That would have given them some excuse for interposing in the case. But now the whole was gratuitous and unasked. He did not desire their interference, and he implies by these remarks that if they could say nothing that would console him, it would have been kindness in them to have said nothing.

Or, Give a reward for me of your substance? - That is, did I ask a present from you out of your property? I asked nothing. I have on no occasion asked you to interpose and aid me.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 6:22. Did I say, Bring unto me? — Why do you stand aloof? Have I asked you to bring me any presents? or to supply my wants out of your stores?


 
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