< Job 6 >
1 and to answer Job and to say
Then Job answered and said:
2 if to weigh to weigh vexation my (and desire my *Q(K)*) in/on/with balance to lift: bear unitedness
Oh that my vexation were but weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances altogether!
3 for now from sand sea to honor: heavy upon so word my to talk wildly
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore are my words broken.
4 for arrow Almighty with me me which rage their to drink spirit my terror god to arrange me
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh up; the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
5 to bray wild donkey upon grass if: surely no to low cattle upon fodder his
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
6 to eat insipid from without salt if there taste in/on/with spittle mallow
Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the juice of mallows?
7 to refuse to/for to touch soul: appetite my they(masc.) like/as illness food my
My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh.
8 who? to give: if only! to come (in): fulfill petition my and hope my to give: give god
Oh that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
9 and be willing god and to crush me to free hand his and to cut off me
Even that it would please God to crush me; that He would let loose His hand, and cut me off!
10 and to be still comfort my and to rejoice in/on/with agony not to spare for not to hide word holy
Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would exult in pain, though He spare not; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11 what? strength my for to wait: hope and what? end my for to prolong soul: life my
What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, that I should be patient?
12 if: surely no strength stone strength my if: surely no flesh my bronze
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
13 if: surely no nothing help my in/on/with me and wisdom to banish from me
Is it that I have no help in me, and that sound wisdom is driven quite from me?
14 to/for despairing from neighbor his kindness and fear Almighty to leave: forsake
To him that is ready to faint kindness is due from his friend, even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
15 brother: male-sibling my to act treacherously like torrent: river like/as channel torrent: river to pass
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that overflow,
16 [the] be dark from ice upon them to conceal snow
Which are black by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow hideth itself;
17 in/on/with time to burn to destroy in/on/with to warm his to put out from place their
What time they wax warm, they vanish, when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
18 to twist way way: journey their to ascend: rise in/on/with formlessness and to perish
The paths of their way do wind, they go up into the waste, and are lost.
19 to look way Tema walk Sheba to await to/for them
The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them —
20 be ashamed for to trust to come (in): come till her and be ashamed
They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came thither, and were confounded.
21 for now to be (to/for him *Q(K)*) to see: see terror and to fear
For now ye are become His; ye see a terror, and are afraid.
22 for to say to give to/for me and from strength your to bribe about/through/for me
Did I say: 'Give unto me'? or: 'Offer a present for me of your substance'?
23 and to escape me from hand: power enemy and from hand: power ruthless to ransom me
or: 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? or: 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors'?
24 to show me and I be quiet and what? to wander to understand to/for me
Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25 what? be sick word uprightness and what? to rebuke to rebuke from you
How forcible are words of uprightness! But what doth your arguing argue?
26 to/for to rebuke speech to devise: think and to/for spirit: breath word to despair
Do ye hold words to be an argument, but the speeches of one that is desperate to be wind?
27 also upon orphan to fall: allot and to trade upon neighbor your
Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless, and dig a pit for your friend.
28 and now be willing to turn in/on/with me and upon face your if: surely no to lie
Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; for surely I shall not lie to your face.
29 to return: repent please not to be injustice (and to return: turn back *Q(K)*) still righteousness my in/on/with her
Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; yea, return again, my cause is righteous.
30 there in/on/with tongue my injustice if: surely no palate my not to understand desire
Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern crafty devices?