< Job 6 >

1 Then Job answered and said,
and to answer Job and to say
2 “Oh, if only my anguish were weighed; if only all my calamity were laid in the balance!
if to weigh to weigh vexation my (and desire my *Q(K)*) in/on/with balance to lift: bear unitedness
3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas. That is why my words were reckless.
for now from sand sea to honor: heavy upon so word my to talk wildly
4 For the arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks up the poison; the terrors of God have arranged themselves in array against me.
for arrow Almighty with me me which rage their to drink spirit my terror god to arrange me
5 Does the wild donkey bray in despair when he has grass? Or does the ox low in hunger when it has fodder?
to bray wild donkey upon grass if: surely no to low cattle upon fodder his
6 Can that which has no taste be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
to eat insipid from without salt if there taste in/on/with spittle mallow
7 I refuse to touch them; they are like disgusting food to me.
to refuse to/for to touch soul: appetite my they(masc.) like/as illness food my
8 Oh, that I might have my request; oh, that God would grant me the thing I long for:
who? to give: if only! to come (in): fulfill petition my and hope my to give: give god
9 that it would please God to crush me once, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off from this life!
and be willing god and to crush me to free hand his and to cut off me
10 May this still be my consolation— even if I exult in pain that does not lessen: that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
and to be still comfort my and to rejoice in/on/with agony not to spare for not to hide word holy
11 What is my strength, that I should try to wait? What is my end, that I should prolong my life?
what? strength my for to wait: hope and what? end my for to prolong soul: life my
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh made of bronze?
if: surely no strength stone strength my if: surely no flesh my bronze
13 Is it not true that I have no help in myself, and that wisdom has been driven out of me?
if: surely no nothing help my in/on/with me and wisdom to banish from me
14 To the person who is about to faint, faithfulness should be shown by his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
to/for despairing from neighbor his kindness and fear Almighty to leave: forsake
15 But my brothers have been as faithful to me as a desert streambed, as channels of water that pass away to nothing,
brother: male-sibling my to act treacherously like torrent: river like/as channel torrent: river to pass
16 which are darkened because of ice over them, and because of the snow that hides itself in them.
[the] be dark from ice upon them to conceal snow
17 When they thaw out, they vanish; when it is hot, they melt out of their place.
in/on/with time to burn to destroy in/on/with to warm his to put out from place their
18 The caravans that travel by their way turn aside for water; they wander into barren land and then perish.
to twist way way: journey their to ascend: rise in/on/with formlessness and to perish
19 Caravans from Tema looked there, while companies of Sheba hoped in them.
to look way Tema walk Sheba to await to/for them
20 They were disappointed because they had been confident of finding water. They went there, but they were deceived.
be ashamed for to trust to come (in): come till her and be ashamed
21 For now you friends are nothing to me; you see my dreadful situation and are afraid.
for now to be (to/for him *Q(K)*) to see: see terror and to fear
22 Did I say to you, 'Give something to me?' Or, 'Offer me a gift from your wealth?'
for to say to give to/for me and from strength your to bribe about/through/for me
23 Or, 'Save me from my adversary's hand?' Or, 'Ransom me from the hand of my oppressors?'
and to escape me from hand: power enemy and from hand: power ruthless to ransom me
24 Teach me, and I will hold my peace; make me understand where I have been wrong.
to show me and I be quiet and what? to wander to understand to/for me
25 How painful are truthful words! But your arguments, how do they actually rebuke me?
what? be sick word uprightness and what? to rebuke to rebuke from you
26 Do you plan to ignore my words, treating the words of a desperate man like the wind?
to/for to rebuke speech to devise: think and to/for spirit: breath word to despair
27 Indeed, you cast lots for a fatherless child, and haggle over your friend like merchandise.
also upon orphan to fall: allot and to trade upon neighbor your
28 Now, therefore, please look at me, for surely I would not lie to your face.
and now be willing to turn in/on/with me and upon face your if: surely no to lie
29 Relent, I beg you; let there be no injustice with you; Indeed, relent, for my cause is just.
to return: repent please not to be injustice (and to return: turn back *Q(K)*) still righteousness my in/on/with her
30 Is there evil on my tongue? Cannot my mouth detect malicious things?
there in/on/with tongue my injustice if: surely no palate my not to understand desire

< Job 6 >