UYobhi 6:28

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

28 Makukholeke kuni ngoku, nibheke kum, Kuba okunene ebusweni benu andiyi kuthetha amanga.

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evident unto you: Heb. before your face

if I lie: Job 11:3, Job 13:4

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 6:3 - Be content

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now therefore be content,.... Or, "may it now please you" f; Job addresses them in a respectful manner, and entreats them they would be so kind as to look favourably on him, and entertain better thoughts of him; and give a fresh and friendly hearing of his case, when he doubted not he should be acquitted by them of the charge of iniquity, and that his cause would appear to be a righteous one:

look upon me: upon my countenance; and see if you can find any traces of fear and falsehood, of dishonesty and hypocrisy, of shame and blushing; and observe if there is not all the appearance of an honest mind, of a good conscience within, that has nothing to fear from the strictest examination; or look upon my body, covered all over with boils and ulcers, and see if there is not occasion for those expressions of grief, and those heavy complaints that I have made; or rather, look upon me with an eye of pity and compassion, with affection, favour, and benevolence, and not bear so hard upon me:

for [it is] evident unto you if I lie; or, it is "before your faces" g; should I attempt to deceive you by telling you a parcel of lies, you would soon discern the falsehood in my countenance; you would easily find it out in my words, which would issue in my shame and confusion; I could not expect to go undetected by men of such sagacity and penetration; but I am not afraid of the most diligent scrutiny that can be made into my words and actions.

f ועתה הואילו "sed nunc placeat vebis", Schmidt. g על פניכם "coram facie vestra", Bolducius, Schultens; Ben Melech interprets it, "by your life if I lie", as being an oath.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now, therefore, be content - Rosenmuller has better rendered this, “if it please you.” The sense is, “if you are willing, look upon me.” That is, “if you are disposed, you may take a careful view of me. Look me in the countenance. You can see for yourselves whether I am sincere or false. I am willing that my whole demeanor should be subjected to the utmost scrutiny.”

For it is evident unto you if I lie - Margin, as in Hebrew before your face. That is, “you yourselves can see by my whole demeanor, by my sufferings, my patience, my manifest sincerity, that I am not playing the hypocrite.” Conscious of sincerity, he believed that if they would look upon him, they would be convinced that he was a sincere and an upright man.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 6:28. Look upon me — View me; consider my circumstances; compare my words; and you must be convinced that I have spoken nothing but truth.