< Job 6 >
1 and to answer Job and to say
Then Job answered,
2 if to weigh to weigh vexation my (and desire my *Q(K)*) in/on/with balance to lift: bear unitedness
"Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances.
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 have my words been rash.
4 for arrow Almighty with me me which rage their to drink spirit my terror god to arrange me
For the arrows of Shaddai are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God 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 donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
6 to eat insipid from without salt if there taste in/on/with spittle mallow
Can that which has no flavor 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
My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.
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, that God would grant 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
Be it still my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't spare, that 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? What is my 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 bronze?
13 if: surely no nothing help my in/on/with me and wisdom to banish from me
Isn't it that I have no help in me, That wisdom is driven quite from me?
14 to/for despairing from neighbor his kindness and fear Almighty to leave: forsake
"To the despairing, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of Shaddai.
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, as the channel of brooks that pass away;
16 [the] be dark from ice upon them to conceal snow
Which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.
17 in/on/with time to burn to destroy in/on/with to warm his to put out from place their
In the dry season, 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 caravans that travel beside them turn aside. They go up into the waste, and perish.
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 distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.
21 for now to be (to/for him *Q(K)*) to see: see terror and to fear
For now you are nothing. You 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 to me?' or, 'Offer a present for me from 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. 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 your reproof, what does it reprove?
26 to/for to rebuke speech to devise: think and to/for spirit: breath word to despair
Do you intend to reprove words, seeing that the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?
27 also upon orphan to fall: allot and to trade upon neighbor your
Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of 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 at 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
Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, 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? Can't my taste discern mischievous things?