Job 6
1 Bvt Iob answered, and said,
Then Job answered and said:
2 Oh that my griefe were well weighed, and my miseries were layed together in the balance.
O that my grief were weighed thoroughly! That my calamities were put together in the balance!
3 For it woulde be nowe heauier then the sande of the sea: therefore my wordes are swallowed vp.
Surely they would be heavier than the sand of the sea; On this account were my words 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 the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; Their poison drinketh up my spirit; The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
5 Doeth the wilde asse bray when he hath grasse? or loweth the oxe when he hath fodder?
Doth the wild ass bray in the midst of grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
6 That which is vnsauerie, shall it be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egge?
Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7 Such things as my soule refused to touch, as were sorowes, are my meate.
That which my soul abhorreth to touch Hath become my loathsome food.
8 Oh that I might haue my desire, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
O that I might have my request, And that God would grant me that which I long for!
9 That is, that God would destroy me: that he would let his hand go, and cut me off.
That it would please God to destroy me; That he would let loose his hand, and make an end of me!
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.
Yet it should still be my consolation, Yea, in unsparing anguish I would exult, That I have not denied the commands 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 strength, that I should hope? And what mine end, that I should be patient?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brasse?
Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh brass?
13 Is it not so, that there is in me no helpe? and that strength is taken from me?
Alas, there is no help within me! Deliverance is 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 the afflicted, kindness should be shown by a friend; Else he casteth off the fear of the Almighty.
15 My brethre haue deceiued me as a brook, and as the rising of the riuers they passe away.
But my brethren are faithless like a brook; Like streams of the valley that pass away;
16 Which are blackish with yee, and wherein the snowe is hid.
Which are turbid by reason of the ice, And the snow, which hideth itself in them.
17 But in time they are dryed vp with heate and are consumed: and when it is hote they faile out of their places,
As soon as they flow forth, they vanish; When the heat cometh, they are dried up from their place.
18 Or they depart from their way and course, yea, they vanish and perish.
The caravans turn aside to them on their way; They go up into the desert, and perish.
19 They that go to Tema, considered them, and they that goe to Sheba, waited for them.
The caravans of Tema look for them; The companies of Sheba expect to see them;
20 But they were confounded: when they hoped, they came thither and were ashamed.
They are ashamed that they have relied on them; They come to their place, and are confounded.
21 Surely nowe are ye like vnto it: ye haue seene my fearefull plague, and are afraide.
So ye also are nothing; Ye see a terror, and shrink back.
22 Was it because I said, Bring vnto me? or giue a rewarde to me of your substance?
Have I said, Bring me gifts? Or, Give a present for me out of your substance?
23 And deliuer me from the enemies hande, or ransome me out of the hand of tyrants?
Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? Or, Rescue me from the hand of the violent?
24 Teach me, and I wil hold my tongue: and cause me to vnderstande, wherein I haue erred.
Convince me, and I will hold my peace; Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25 Howe stedfast are the wordes of righteousnes? and what can any of you iustly reproue?
How powerful are the words of truth! But what do your reproaches prove?
26 Doe ye imagine to reproue wordes, that the talke of the afflicted should be as the winde?
Do ye mean to censure words? The words of a man in despair are but wind.
27 Ye make your wrath to fall vpon the fatherlesse, and dig a pit for your friende.
Truly ye spread a net for the fatherless; Ye dig a pit for your friend.
28 Nowe therefore be content to looke vpon me: for I will not lie before your face.
Look now upon me, I pray you; For to your very face can I speak falsehood?
29 Turne, I pray you, let there be none iniquitie: returne, I say, and ye shall see yet my righteousnesse in that behalfe.
Return, I pray, and let there be no unfairness; Yea, return; —still is my cause righteous.
30 Is there iniquitie in my tongue? doeth not my mouth feele sorowes?
Is there iniquity on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern what is sinful?
