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Job 6

Job’s Friends Are No Help

¹Then Job responded,

²“Oh if only my grief were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my disaster!

³“For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; For that reason my words have been rash.

⁴“For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, My spirit drinks their poison; The terrors of God line up against me.

⁵“Does the wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his feed?

⁶“Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the juice of an alkanet plant?

⁷“My soul refuses to touch them; They are like loathsome food to me.

⁸¶“Oh, that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my hope!

⁹“Oh, that God would decide to crush me, That He would let loose His hand and cut me off!

¹⁰“But it is still my comfort, And I rejoice in unsparing pain, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

¹¹“What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should endure?

¹²“Is my strength the strength of stones, Or is my flesh bronze?

¹³“Is it that my help is not within me, And that a good outcome is driven away from me?

¹⁴¶“For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend; So that he does not abandon the fear of the Almighty.

¹⁵“My brothers have acted deceitfully like a wadi, Like the torrents of wadis which drain away,

¹⁶Which are darkened because of ice, And into which the snow melts.

¹⁷“When they dry up, they vanish; When it is hot, they disappear from their place.

¹⁸“The paths of their course wind along, They go up into wasteland and perish.

¹⁹“The caravans of Tema looked, The travelers of Sheba hoped for them.

²⁰“They were put to shame, for they had trusted, They came there and were humiliated.

²¹“Indeed, you have now become such, You see terrors and are afraid.

²²“Have I said, ‘Give me something,’ Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,’

²³Or, ‘Save me from the hand of the enemy,’ Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants’?

²⁴¶“Teach me, and I will be silent; And show me how I have done wrong.

²⁵“How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?

²⁶“Do you intend to rebuke my words, When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?

²⁷“You would even cast lots for the orphans, And barter over your friend.

²⁸“Now please look at me, And see if I am lying to your face.

²⁹“Please turn away, let there be no injustice; Turn away, my righteousness is still in it.

³⁰“Is there injustice on my tongue? Does my palate not discern disasters?

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Job

Chapter 6

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