Job 6
1 and to answer Job and to say
Then Job spoke again, saying [to Eliphaz],
2 if to weigh to weigh vexation my (and desire my *Q(K)*) in/on/with balance to lift: bear unitedness
“If all my troubles and misery could be put on a scale and weighed,
3 for now from sand sea to honor: heavy upon so word my to talk wildly
they would be heavier than all the sands [on the shores] of the oceans. That is why I spoke (very rashly/without thinking clearly) [about the day that I was born].
4 for arrow Almighty with me me which rage their to drink spirit my terror god to arrange me
[It is as though] Almighty [God] has shot me with arrows. [It is as though] those arrows had poison on their tips, and that poison has gone into my spirit. The things that God has done to me have terrified me.
5 to bray wild donkey upon grass if: surely no to low cattle upon fodder his
Just like a wild donkey does not [complain by] braying when it has plenty of grass to eat, and an ox does not [complain by] bellowing when it has food to eat [MET], [I would not complain if you were really helping/comforting me].
6 to eat insipid from without salt if there taste in/on/with spittle mallow
People complain [RHQ] when they must eat food which has no salt or other tasteless food [MET], [and that is what your words are like, Eliphaz].
7 to refuse to/for to touch soul: appetite my they(masc.) like/as illness food my
Just like I do not want to eat food [like that], and I loathe/detests that kind of food [MET], [I do not appreciate what you have said to me].
8 who? to give: if only! to come (in): fulfill petition my and hope my to give: give god
“I wish that God would do for me what I have requested from him [DOU].
9 and be willing god and to crush me to free hand his and to cut off me
I wish that he would crush me [and let me die]. I wish that he would reach out his hand and take away my life.
10 and to be still comfort my and to rejoice in/on/with agony not to spare for not to hide word holy
If he would do that, I would be comforted by knowing that in spite of the great pain that I have suffered, I have always obeyed what [God, ] the Holy One, has commanded.
11 what? strength my for to wait: hope and what? end my for to prolong soul: life my
But now I do not have [RHQ] enough strength to endure all these things. And since I have nothing [to hope for] in (the future/this life), it is difficult for me to be patient now [RHQ].
12 if: surely no strength stone strength my if: surely no flesh my bronze
I am not [RHQ] strong like rocks are, and my body is not made of bronze.
13 if: surely no nothing help my in/on/with me and wisdom to banish from me
So I am not able to help myself, and [it seems that] there is no one to rescue me.”
14 to/for despairing from neighbor his kindness and fear Almighty to leave: forsake
“When a man has many troubles, his friends should be kind to him, even if he stops revering Almighty [God].
15 brother: male-sibling my to act treacherously like torrent: river like/as channel torrent: river to pass
But [you, ] my friends, are not dependable. You are like streams: They spill over their banks [in the spring]
16 [the] be dark from ice upon them to conceal snow
when [the melting] ice and snow make those streams overflow,
17 in/on/with time to burn to destroy in/on/with to warm his to put out from place their
but when the dry season comes, there is no water flowing [in those streams], and the channels dry up.
18 to twist way way: journey their to ascend: rise in/on/with formlessness and to perish
[The caravans of merchants] turn off the path [to search for some water], but there is no water, so they die [in the desert].
19 to look way Tema walk Sheba to await to/for them
The men in those caravans search [for some water] because they are sure that they will find some.
20 be ashamed for to trust to come (in): come till her and be ashamed
But they do not find any, so they are very disappointed.
21 for now to be (to/for him *Q(K)*) to see: see terror and to fear
Similarly, you friends have not helped me at all! You have seen that terrible things have happened to me, and you are afraid [that God might do similar things to you].
22 for to say to give to/for me and from strength your to bribe about/through/for me
[After I lost all my wealth, ] did I ask any of you for money? [RHQ] Did I plead with any of you to spend some of your money to help me [RHQ]?
23 and to escape me from hand: power enemy and from hand: power ruthless to ransom me
Have I asked any of you to rescue me from my enemies [RHQ]? Have I asked you to save me from those who (oppressed me/treated me badly) [RHQ]? [No!]”
24 to show me and I be quiet and what? to wander to understand to/for me
“Answer me [now, and then] I will be quiet; tell me what wrong things I have done!
25 what? be sick word uprightness and what? to rebuke to rebuke from you
When people speak what is true, that will not hurt the person who hears it, but what you say, criticizing me, [is not true, so your saying it] proves nothing [RHQ]!
26 to/for to rebuke speech to devise: think and to/for spirit: breath word to despair
I am a man who has nothing to hope for, but you try to correct me, and you think what I say is nothing but wind [RHQ]!
27 also upon orphan to fall: allot and to trade upon neighbor your
You do not sympathize with me at all [for all that I am suffering]. [You are heartless!] You would even gamble to see who gets an orphan [as a prize]!
28 and now be willing to turn in/on/with me and upon face your if: surely no to lie
Please look at me! I will not [RHQ] lie to you.
29 to return: repent please not to be injustice (and to return: turn back *Q(K)*) still righteousness my in/on/with her
Stop [saying that I have sinned, and] stop criticizing me unjustly! You should realize that I have not done things that are wrong.
30 there in/on/with tongue my injustice if: surely no palate my not to understand desire
Do you think that I am lying? No, I am not lying, because I know what is right and what is wrong [RHQ].”
