Job 6:26

Reprove words. Job says, in effect: “Will you fasten on my words, spoken in the excitement of passion, rather than on the fact of my blameless conduct?”

As wind. Literally, “for the wind.” Job recognizes that his words have been expressions of despair. The text as it stands suggest that, like the wind, his speeches have been characterized by sound and fury rather than by calm trust and judgment. The literal translation suggests that his words were intended to be picked up and carried away by the wind, not to be taken as requiring reproof.