Job 6:28
in Job 6But now, please look at me. Would I lie to your face?
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; For surely I shall not lie to your face.
KJV
Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
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This verse in Job 6
Commentary
10 notes on this verseBut fulfil what ye have begun; give ear, and see if I lie. For because he does not fear to endure adversities, let him say, But fulfil what ye have begun; and because he does not withhold the announcements of the Truth from his very persecutors themselves, let him add, Give ear, and see if I lie.
This site's exposition
But now, please look at me
on Job 6:28-30
Job asks to be looked at, "But now, please look at me," and offers his visible integrity as evidence: "Would I lie to your face". The chapter closes with his confidence in his own moral discernment, "Can my mouth not discern malice," a claim the book's ending leaves standing.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
He continues lest anyone think that he says this because he is afraid to argue with them because he could not be confident in the truth of his opinion and the justice of his case, "Despite this, finish what you began to say," so that …
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
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,
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — odd-straight-quotes
4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. 5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? 6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
Look - Consider my cause better than you have done, that you may give a more righteous judgment.
Now therefore be content,....
3 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
be content--rather, "be pleased to"--look. Since you have so falsely judged my words, look upon me, that is, upon my countenance: for (it is evident before your faces) if I lie; my countenance will betray me, if I be the hypocrite that you suppose.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase
Look upon me - View me; consider my circumstances; compare my words; and you must be convinced that I have spoken nothing but truth.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
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.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְ֭עַתָּה | veatah | and therefore | H6258 → | 433 times |
| הוֹאִ֣ילוּ | hoilu | be willing | H2974 → | |
| פְנוּ־ | fenu- | turn | H6437 → | 135 times |
| בִ֑י | vi | on me | ||
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּ֝נֵיכֶ֗ם | peneikhem | faces your | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| אִם־ | ʾim- | if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| אֲכַזֵּֽב׃ | ʾakhazev | I will lie | H3576 → | 16 times |
וְ֭עַתָּהand therefore
veatahH6258 →433 times
הוֹאִ֣ילוּbe willing
hoiluH2974 →
פְנוּ־turn
fenu-H6437 →135 times
בִ֑יon me
vi
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּ֝נֵיכֶ֗םfaces your
peneikhemH6440 →2123 times
אִם־if
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
אֲכַזֵּֽב׃I will lie
ʾakhazevH3576 →16 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Job 27:4my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.
it leads to
- Job 13:7
Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?
- John 8:55
You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word.
- Job 34:6
Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
- 2 Corinthians 11:10
As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
- Job 13:7
Through
Job 13:4You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
it leads to
- Psalms 119:69
Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
- Jeremiah 8:22
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
- Psalms 119:69
Through
Job 11:3Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
it leads to
- Job 17:2
Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
- Job 17:2
Through
Job 36:4For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.
it leads to
- Job 37:16
Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?
- Job 37:16
Where this verse is studied
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About Job
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Job; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book VIII; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.