Job 6

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