Job 6
1 Bvt Iob answered, and said,
And Job answers and says:
2 Oh that my griefe were well weighed, and my miseries were layed together in the balance.
“O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!
3 For it woulde be nowe heauier then the sande of the sea: therefore my wordes are swallowed vp.
For now it is heavier than the sands of the sea, Therefore my words have been rash.
4 For the arrowes of the Almightie are in me, the venime whereof doeth drinke vp my spirit, and the terrours of God fight against me.
For arrows of the Mighty [are] with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves [for] me!
5 Doeth the wilde asse bray when he hath grasse? or loweth the oxe when he hath fodder?
Does a wild donkey bray over tender grass? Does an ox low over his provender?
6 That which is vnsauerie, shall it be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egge?
Is an insipid thing eaten without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?
7 Such things as my soule refused to touch, as were sorowes, are my meate.
My soul is refusing to touch! They [are] as my sickening food.
8 Oh that I might haue my desire, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope!
9 That is, that God would destroy me: that he would let his hand go, and cut me off.
That God would please—and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off!
10 Then should I yet haue comfort, (though I burne with sorowe, let him not spare) because I haue not denyed the wordes of the Holy one.
And yet it is my comfort (And I exult in pain—He does not spare), That I have not hidden The sayings of the Holy One.
11 What power haue I that I should endure? or what is mine end, if I should prolong my life?
What [is] my power that I should hope? And what [is] my end that I should prolong my life?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brasse?
Is my strength the strength of stones? Is my flesh bronze?
13 Is it not so, that there is in me no helpe? and that strength is taken from me?
Is my help not with me, And substance driven from me?
14 He that is in miserie, ought to be comforted of his neighbour: but men haue forsaken the feare of the Almightie.
To a despiser of his friends [is] shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsakes.
15 My brethre haue deceiued me as a brook, and as the rising of the riuers they passe away.
My brothers have deceived as a brook, As a stream of brooks they pass away.
16 Which are blackish with yee, and wherein the snowe is hid.
That are black because of ice, By them snow hides itself.
17 But in time they are dryed vp with heate and are consumed: and when it is hote they faile out of their places,
By the time they are warm they have been cut off, By its being hot they have been Extinguished from their place.
18 Or they depart from their way and course, yea, they vanish and perish.
The paths turn aside of their way, They ascend into emptiness, and are lost.
19 They that go to Tema, considered them, and they that goe to Sheba, waited for them.
Passengers of Tema looked expectingly, Travelers of Sheba hoped for them.
20 But they were confounded: when they hoped, they came thither and were ashamed.
They were ashamed that one has trusted, They have come to it and are confounded.
21 Surely nowe are ye like vnto it: ye haue seene my fearefull plague, and are afraide.
Surely now you have become the same! You see a downfall, and are afraid.
22 Was it because I said, Bring vnto me? or giue a rewarde to me of your substance?
Is it because I said, Give to me? And, By your power bribe for me?
23 And deliuer me from the enemies hande, or ransome me out of the hand of tyrants?
And, Deliver me from the hand of an adversary? And, Ransom me from the hand of terrible ones?
24 Teach me, and I wil hold my tongue: and cause me to vnderstande, wherein I haue erred.
Show me, and I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand.
25 Howe stedfast are the wordes of righteousnes? and what can any of you iustly reproue?
How powerful have been upright sayings, And what reproof from you reproves?
26 Doe ye imagine to reproue wordes, that the talke of the afflicted should be as the winde?
For reproof—do you reckon words? And for wind—sayings of the desperate?
27 Ye make your wrath to fall vpon the fatherlesse, and dig a pit for your friende.
You cause anger to fall on the fatherless, And are strange to your friend.
28 Nowe therefore be content to looke vpon me: for I will not lie before your face.
And now, please, look on me, Even to your face do I lie?
29 Turne, I pray you, let there be none iniquitie: returne, I say, and ye shall see yet my righteousnesse in that behalfe.
Please turn back, let it not be perverseness, Indeed, turn back again—my righteousness [is] in it.
30 Is there iniquitie in my tongue? doeth not my mouth feele sorowes?
Is there perverseness in my tongue? Does my palate not discern calamity?”
