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Job 6
1Then Job answered,
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2“Oh that my anguish were weighed,
- and all my calamity laid in the balances!
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3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas,
- therefore have my words been rash.
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4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me.
- My spirit drinks up their poison.
- The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
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5Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass?
- Or does the ox low over his fodder?
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6Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt?
- Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
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7My soul refuses to touch them.
- They are as loathsome food to me.
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8“Oh that I might have my request,
- that God would grant the thing that I long for,
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9even that it would please God to crush me;
- that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
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10Be it still my consolation,
- yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare,
- that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
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11What is my strength, that I should wait?
- What is my end, that I should be patient?
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12Is my strength the strength of stones?
- Or is my flesh of brass?
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13Isn’t it that I have no help in me,
- That wisdom is driven quite from me?
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14“To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend;
- even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
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15My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook,
- as the channel of brooks that pass away;
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16Which are black by reason of the ice,
- in which the snow hides itself.
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17In the dry season, they vanish.
- When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
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18The caravans that travel beside them turn aside.
- They go up into the waste, and perish.
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19The caravans of Tema looked.
- The companies of Sheba waited for them.
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20They were distressed because they were confident.
- They came there, and were confounded.
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21For now you are nothing.
- You see a terror, and are afraid.
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22Did I say, ‘Give to me?’
- or, ‘Offer a present for me from your substance?’
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23or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand?’
- or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?’
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24“Teach me, and I will hold my peace.
- Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
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25How forcible are words of uprightness!
- But your reproof, what does it reprove?
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26Do you intend to reprove words,
- since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?
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27Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless,
- and make merchandise of your friend.
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28Now therefore be pleased to look at me,
- for surely I shall not lie to your face.
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29Please return.
- Let there be no injustice.
- Yes, return again.
- My cause is righteous.
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30Is there injustice on my tongue?
- Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?
