“While convincing his friends that they are not acting friendly but speaking against common sense, Job now tries to show that he cannot appropriately be accused of speaking harshly or of desiring death by just judges. "And judge by saying what is just." Be judges of the words that we said in common, so that your judgme…”
Julian of Eclanum, 5th c. — EXPOSITION ON THE BOOK OF JOB 6:29
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29Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
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27Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
28Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
— Job 6:29 —
30Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?