< Job 6 >

1 and to answer Job and to say
And Job answereth and saith: —
2 if to weigh to weigh vexation my (and desire my *Q(K)*) in/on/with balance to lift: bear unitedness
O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!
3 for now from sand sea to honor: heavy upon so word my to talk wildly
For now, than the sands of the sea it is heavier, Therefore my words have been rash.
4 for arrow Almighty with me me which rage their to drink spirit my terror god to arrange me
For arrows of the Mighty [are] with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves [for] me!
5 to bray wild donkey upon grass if: surely no to low cattle upon fodder his
Brayeth a wild ass over tender grass? Loweth an ox over his provender?
6 to eat insipid from without salt if there taste in/on/with spittle mallow
Eaten is an insipid thing without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?
7 to refuse to/for to touch soul: appetite my they(masc.) like/as illness food my
My soul is refusing to touch! They [are] as my sickening food.
8 who? to give: if only! to come (in): fulfill petition my and hope my to give: give god
O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope!
9 and be willing god and to crush me to free hand his and to cut off me
That God would please — and bruise me, 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
And yet it is my comfort, (And I exult in pain — He doth not spare, ) That I have not hidden 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 power that I should hope? And what mine 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? Is my flesh brazen?
13 if: surely no nothing help my in/on/with me and wisdom to banish from me
Is not my help with me, And substance driven from me?
14 to/for despairing from neighbor his kindness and fear Almighty to leave: forsake
To a despiser of his friends [is] shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.
15 brother: male-sibling my to act treacherously like torrent: river like/as channel torrent: river to pass
My brethren have deceived as a brook, As a stream of brooks they pass away.
16 [the] be dark from ice upon them to conceal snow
That are black because of ice, By them doth snow hide itself.
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 are warm they have been cut off, By its being hot they have been Extinguished from their place.
18 to twist way way: journey their to ascend: rise in/on/with formlessness and to perish
Turn aside do the paths of their way, They ascend into emptiness, and are lost.
19 to look way Tema walk Sheba to await to/for them
Passengers of Tema looked expectingly, Travellers of Sheba hoped for them.
20 be ashamed for to trust to come (in): come till her and be ashamed
They were ashamed that one hath trusted, They have come unto it and are confounded.
21 for now to be (to/for him *Q(K)*) to see: see terror and to fear
Surely now ye have become the same! Ye see a downfall, and are afraid.
22 for to say to give to/for me and from strength your to bribe about/through/for me
Is it because I said, Give to me? And, By your power bribe for me?
23 and to escape me from hand: power enemy and from hand: power ruthless to ransom me
And, Deliver me from the hand of an adversary? And, From the hand of terrible ones ransom me?
24 to show me and I be quiet and what? to wander to understand to/for me
Shew me, and I — I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand.
25 what? be sick word uprightness and what? to rebuke to rebuke from you
How powerful have been upright sayings, And what doth reproof from you reprove?
26 to/for to rebuke speech to devise: think and to/for spirit: breath word to despair
For reproof — do you reckon words? And for wind — sayings of the desperate.
27 also upon orphan to fall: allot and to trade upon neighbor your
Anger on the fatherless ye cause to fall, And are strange to your friend.
28 and now be willing to turn in/on/with me and upon face your if: surely no to lie
And, now, please, look upon me, Even to your face do 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
Turn back, I pray you, let it not be perverseness, Yea, turn back 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 in my tongue perverseness? Discerneth not my palate desirable things?

< Job 6 >