| 6:1 |
Then Job answered, |
| 6:2 |
"Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances! |
| 6:3 |
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore have my words been rash. |
| 6:4 |
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me. |
| 6:5 |
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder? |
| 6:6 |
Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? |
| 6:7 |
My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me. |
| 6:8 |
"Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for, |
| 6:9 |
even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! |
| 6:10 |
Be it still my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One. |
| 6:11 |
What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient? |
| 6:12 |
Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass? |
| 6:13 |
Isn't it that I have no help in me, That wisdom is driven quite from me? |
| 6:14 |
"To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty. |
| 6:15 |
My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away; |
| 6:16 |
Which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself. |
| 6:17 |
In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. |
| 6:18 |
The caravans that travel beside them turn aside. They go up into the waste, and perish. |
| 6:19 |
The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them. |
| 6:20 |
They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded. |
| 6:21 |
For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid. |
| 6:22 |
Did I say, 'Give to me?' or, 'Offer a present for me from your substance?' |
| 6:23 |
or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand?' or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?' |
| 6:24 |
"Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand wherein I have erred. |
| 6:25 |
How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove? |
| 6:26 |
Do you intend to reprove words, seeing that the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind? |
| 6:27 |
Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend. |
| 6:28 |
Now therefore be pleased to look at me, for surely I shall not lie to your face. |
| 6:29 |
Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous. |
| 6:30 |
Is there injustice on my tongue? Can't my taste discern mischievous things? |
