Job 6
1 But Job answered and said,
And Job answers and says:
2 Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
“O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!
3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
For now it is heavier than the sands of the sea, Therefore my words have been rash.
4 For the arrows of the Almighty [are] within me, the poison of which drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
For arrows of the Mighty [are] with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves [for] me!
5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Does a wild donkey bray over tender grass? Does an ox low over his provender?
6 Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? or is there [any] taste in the white of an egg?
Is an insipid thing eaten without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?
7 The things [that] my soul refused to touch [are] as my sorrowful food.
My soul is refusing to touch! They [are] as my sickening food.
8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!
O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope!
9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
That God would please—and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off!
10 Then should I yet have comfort; yes, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
And yet it is my comfort (And I exult in pain—He does not spare), That I have not hidden The sayings of the Holy One.
11 What [is] my strength, that I should hope? and what [is] my end, that I should prolong my life?
What [is] my power that I should hope? And what [is] my end that I should prolong my life?
12 [Is] my strength the strength of stones? or [is] my flesh of brass?
Is my strength the strength of stones? Is my flesh bronze?
13 [Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
Is my help not with me, And substance driven from me?
14 To him that is afflicted pity [should be shown] from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
To a despiser of his friends [is] shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsakes.
15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, [and] as the stream of brooks they pass away;
My brothers have deceived as a brook, As a stream of brooks they pass away.
16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, [and] in which the snow is hid:
That are black because of ice, By them snow hides itself.
17 In the time when they become warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
By the time they are warm they have been cut off, By its being hot they have been Extinguished from their place.
18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
The paths turn aside of their way, They ascend into emptiness, and are lost.
19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
Passengers of Tema looked expectingly, Travelers of Sheba hoped for them.
20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
They were ashamed that one has trusted, They have come to it and are confounded.
21 For now ye are nothing: ye see [my] casting down, and are afraid.
Surely now you have become the same! You see a downfall, and are afraid.
22 Did I say, Bring to me? or Give a reward for me of your substance?
Is it because I said, Give to me? And, By your power bribe for me?
23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
And, Deliver me from the hand of an adversary? And, Ransom me from the hand of terrible ones?
24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand in what I have erred.
Show me, and I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand.
25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
How powerful have been upright sayings, And what reproof from you reproves?
26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, [which are] as wind?
For reproof—do you reckon words? And for wind—sayings of the desperate?
27 Yes, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig [a pit] for your friend.
You cause anger to fall on the fatherless, And are strange to your friend.
28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for [it is] evident to you if I lie.
And now, please, look on me, Even to your face do I lie?
29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yes, return again, my righteousness [is] in it.
Please turn back, let it not be perverseness, Indeed, turn back again—my righteousness [is] in it.
30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
Is there perverseness in my tongue? Does my palate not discern calamity?”
