Job 6

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¹ But Job answered and said,	¹ Then Job answered and said:
² Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!	² Ah, could my anguish but be measured and my calamity laid with it in the scales,
³ For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.	³ They would now outweigh the sands of the sea! Because of this I speak without restraint.
⁴ For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.	⁴ For the arrows of the Almighty pierce me, and my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
⁵ Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?	⁵ Does the wild ass bray when he has grass? Does the ox low over his fodder?
⁶ Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?	⁶ Can a thing insipid be eaten without salt? Is there flavor in the white of an egg?
⁷ The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.	⁷ I refuse to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.
⁸ Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!	⁸ Oh, that I might have my request, and that God would grant what I long for:
⁹ Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!	⁹ Even that God would decide to crush me, that he would put forth his hand and cut me off!
¹⁰ Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.	¹⁰ Then I should still have consolation and could exult through unremitting pain, because I have not transgressed the commands of the Holy One.
¹¹ What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?	¹¹ What strength have I that I should endure, and what is my limit that I should be patient?
¹² Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?	¹² Have I the strength of stones, or is my flesh of bronze?
¹³ Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?	¹³ Have I no helper, and has advice deserted me?
¹⁴ To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.	¹⁴ A friend owes kindness to one in despair, though he have forsaken the fear of the Almighty.
¹⁵ My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;	¹⁵ My brethren are undependable as a brook, as watercourses that run dry in the wadies;
¹⁶ Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:	¹⁶ Though they may be black with ice, and with snow heaped upon them,
¹⁷ What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.	¹⁷ Yet once they flow, they cease to be; in the heat, they disappear from their place.
¹⁸ The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.	¹⁸ Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the desert and perish.
¹⁹ The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.	¹⁹ The caravans of Tema search, the companies of Sheba have hopes;
²⁰ They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.	²⁰ They are disappointed, though they were confident; they come there and are frustrated.
²¹ For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.	²¹ It is thus that you have now become for me; you see a terrifying thing and are afraid.
²² Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?	²² Have I asked you to give me anything, to offer a gift for me from your possessions,
²³ Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?	²³ Or to deliver me from the enemy, or to redeem me from oppressors?
²⁴ Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.	²⁴ Teach me, and I will be silent; prove to me wherein I have erred.
²⁵ How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?	²⁵ How agreeable are honest words; yet how unconvincing is your argument!
²⁶ Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?	²⁶ Do you consider your words as proof, but the sayings of a desperate man as wind?
²⁷ Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.	²⁷ You would even cast lots for the orphan, and would barter away your friend!
²⁸ Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.	²⁸ Come, now, give me your attention; surely I will not lie to your face.
²⁹ Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.	²⁹ Think it over; let there be no injustice. Think it over; I still am right.
³⁰ Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?	³⁰ Is there insincerity on my tongue, or cannot my taste discern falsehood?

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