Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
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Gill's Exposition
Is there iniquity in my tongue?.... Meaning in his words; either those which he uttered when he cursed the day on which he was born, or in charging his friends with unkindness and falsehood; otherwise…
Barnes' Notes
Return, I pray you - That is, return to the argument. Give your attention to it again. Perhaps he may have discerned a disposition in them to turn away from what he was saying, and to withdraw and…
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…
Cambridge Bible
Return, I pray you The verse means,
Turn, I pray you, let there be no injustice;
Turn again, I say; my cause is righteous.
The word "turn" appears to mean not "begin anew," but "adopt another…
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