< Job 6 >

1 and to answer Job and to say
Then responded Job, 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, weighed, were my vexation, and, my engulfing ruin—into the balances, they would lift up all at once!
3 for now from sand sea to honor: heavy upon so word my to talk wildly
For, now, beyond the sand of the seas, would it be heavy, On this account, my words, have wandered.
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 in me, The heat whereof, my spirit is drinking up, The, terrors of GOD, array themselves against me.
5 to bray wild donkey upon grass if: surely no to low cattle upon fodder his
Doth the wild ass bray over 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 white of an egg?
7 to refuse to/for to touch soul: appetite my they(masc.) like/as illness food my
My soul hath refused to touch, Those things, are like disease in my food.
8 who? to give: if only! to come (in): fulfill petition my and hope my to give: give god
Oh that my request would come! and, my hope, oh that GOD would grant!
9 and be willing god and to crush me to free hand his and to cut off me
That it would please GOD to crush me, That he would set free 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
So might it still be my comfort, And I might exult in the anguish he would not spare, —That I had not concealed the sayings 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? Or what mine end, that I should prolong my desire?
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
Is there any help at all in me? Is not, abiding success, driven from me?
14 to/for despairing from neighbor his kindness and fear Almighty to leave: forsake
The despairing, from his friend, should have lovingkindness, or, the reverence of the Almighty, he may forsake.
15 brother: male-sibling my to act treacherously like torrent: river like/as channel torrent: river to pass
Mine own brethren, have proved treacherous like a torrent, like a channel of torrents which disappear:
16 [the] be dark from ice upon them to conceal snow
Which darken by reason of the cold, over them, is a covering made by the snow:
17 in/on/with time to burn to destroy in/on/with to warm his to put out from place their
By the time they begin to thaw, they are dried up, as soon as it is warm, they have vanished out of their place.
18 to twist way way: journey their to ascend: rise in/on/with formlessness and to perish
Caravans turn aside by their course, they go up into a waste, and are lost:
19 to look way Tema walk Sheba to await to/for them
The caravans of Tema looked about, the travelling companies of Sheba, hoped for them:
20 be ashamed for to trust to come (in): come till her and be ashamed
They are ashamed that they had trusted, They have come up to one of them, and are confounded.
21 for now to be (to/for him *Q(K)*) to see: see terror and to fear
For, now, ye have come to him, ye see something fearful, and fear.
22 for to say to give to/for me and from strength your to bribe about/through/for me
Is it that I said, Make me a gift, or, out of your abundance, offer a bribe on my behalf;
23 and to escape me from hand: power enemy and from hand: power ruthless to ransom me
And deliver me from the hand of the adversary? And, out of the hand of tyrants, ransom me?
24 to show me and I be quiet and what? to wander to understand to/for me
Show me, and, I, will hold my peace, And, wherein I have erred, cause me to understand.
25 what? be sick word uprightness and what? to rebuke to rebuke from you
How pleasant are the sayings that are right! But what can a decision from you, decide?
26 to/for to rebuke speech to devise: think and to/for spirit: breath word to despair
To decide words, do ye intend, When, to the wind, are spoken the sayings of one in despair?
27 also upon orphan to fall: allot and to trade upon neighbor your
Surely, the fatherless, ye would assail, 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
But, now, be pleased to turn to me, that it may be, to your faces, if I speak falsehood,
29 to return: repent please not to be injustice (and to return: turn back *Q(K)*) still righteousness my in/on/with her
Reply, I pray you, let there be no perversity, Yea reply even yet, my vindication is in it!
30 there in/on/with tongue my injustice if: surely no palate my not to understand desire
Is there, in my tongue, perversity? Or can, my sense, not discern, engulfing ruin?

< Job 6 >