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Job 6

¹Then Job answered,

²"Oh that my anguish were weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!

³For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, Therefore have my words been rash.

⁴For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.

⁵Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?

⁶Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

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

⁸"Oh that I might have my request; That God would grant the thing that I long for!

⁹Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

¹⁰Be 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.

¹¹What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?

¹²Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?

¹³Isn`t it that I have no help in me, That wisdom is driven quite from me?

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.

¹⁵My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;

¹⁶Which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself:

¹⁷In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

¹⁸The caravans that travel beside them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.

¹⁹The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them.

²⁰They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came there, and were confounded.

²¹For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid.

²²Did I say, `Give to me?` Or, `Offer a present for me from your substance?`

²³Or, `Deliver me from the adversary`s hand?` Or, `Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?`

²⁴"Teach me, and I will hold my peace; Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

²⁵How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?

²⁶Do you intend to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?

²⁷Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.

²⁸Now therefore be pleased to look at me, For surely I shall not lie to your face.

²⁹Please return. Let there be no injustice; Yes, return again, my cause is righteous.

³⁰Is there injustice on my tongue? Can`t my taste discern mischievous things?

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Job

Chapter 6

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