| Job 6:1 |
Then Job answered and said, |
| Job 6:2 |
Oh that my vexation were weighed indeed, / And that my ruin were lifted onto the scales together with [it!] |
| Job 6:3 |
For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; / Therefore my words have been rash. |
| Job 6:4 |
For the arrows of the Almighty are in me, / The poison of which my spirit drinks up; / The terrors of God are arrayed against me. |
| Job 6:5 |
Does the wild ass bray over [its] grass? / Or does the ox low over its fodder? |
| Job 6:6 |
Is what is savorless eaten without salt? / Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? |
| Job 6:7 |
My soul refuses to touch [them;] / They are like putrid food to me. |
| Job 6:8 |
Oh that I might have my request, / And that God would grant [me] what I long for; |
| Job 6:9 |
That God would be willing to crush me; / That He would release His hand and cut me off! |
| Job 6:10 |
Then there would still be comfort for me; / And I would exult, [even] in writhing pain that does not spare, / That I did not deny the words of the Holy One. |
| Job 6:11 |
What is my strength, that I should wait? / And what is my end, that I should be patient? |
| Job 6:12 |
Is my strength the strength of stones? / Or is my flesh bronze? |
| Job 6:13 |
Is there any help for me at all within me, / And has wisdom been driven away from me? |
| Job 6:14 |
To him who is fainting [there should be] kindness from his friend, / Else he will forsake the fear of the Almighty. |
| Job 6:15 |
My brothers have dealt as treacherously as a desert brook, / As the rivulets of the desert brooks that pass away, |
| Job 6:16 |
Which are turbid because of the ice, / [And] into which the snow hides itself. |
| Job 6:17 |
When they are scorched, they are completely consumed; / When it is hot, they are dried up from their place. |
| Job 6:18 |
Caravans divert their ways [for them;] / They go up into the waste and perish. |
| Job 6:19 |
The caravans of Tema look [for them;] / The companies of Sheba long for them. |
| Job 6:20 |
They are put to shame because they are confident; / They go there and are confounded. |
| Job 6:21 |
So now you have become such; / You see a terrible thing and are afraid. |
| Job 6:22 |
Have I said, Give me [something ?] / Or, Pay a bribe for me out of your wealth? |
| Job 6:23 |
Or, Deliver me from the hand of the adversary? / Or, From the hand of the oppressors redeem me? |
| Job 6:24 |
Teach me, and I will be silent; / Cause me to understand how I have erred. |
| Job 6:25 |
How forceful are upright words! / But what does [this] reproving from you reprove? |
| Job 6:26 |
Do you think you can reprove words? / But the words of a desperate man are for the wind. |
| Job 6:27 |
You would even cast [lots] over the orphan / And bargain over your friend. |
| Job 6:28 |
Now then be pleased to look upon me, / For surely I will not lie to your face. |
| Job 6:29 |
Turn now; let there be no injustice. / Indeed turn; my righteousness is still here. |
| Job 6:30 |
Is there any injustice on my tongue? / Can my palate not discern calamities? |