< Job 6 >
1 and to answer Job and to say
But 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 grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
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 sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
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 drinks up my spirit: 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
Does the wild ass bray when he has grass? or lows the ox over his fodder?
6 to eat insipid from without salt if there taste in/on/with spittle mallow
Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7 to refuse to/for to touch soul: appetite my they(masc.) like/as illness food my
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
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 destroy 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; yes, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed 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 hope? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
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 not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
14 to/for despairing from neighbor his kindness and fear Almighty to leave: forsake
To him that is afflicted pity should be showed from his friend; but he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15 brother: male-sibling my to act treacherously like torrent: river like/as channel torrent: river to pass
My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
16 [the] be dark from ice upon them to conceal snow
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
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 are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
19 to look way Tema walk Sheba to await to/for them
The troops 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 confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
21 for now to be (to/for him *Q(K)*) to see: see terror and to fear
For now you are nothing; you see my casting down, 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, Bring to me? or, Give a reward 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 enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
24 to show me and I be quiet and what? to wander to understand to/for me
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: 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 right words! but what does your arguing reprove?
26 to/for to rebuke speech to devise: think and to/for spirit: breath word to despair
Do you imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
27 also upon orphan to fall: allot and to trade upon neighbor your
Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless, and you 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 content, look on me; for it is evident to you if I lie.
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 it not be iniquity; yes, return again, my righteousness is in it.
30 there in/on/with tongue my injustice if: surely no palate my not to understand desire
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?