Job 6

1 Job 6:1 Then Job answered,

2 Job 6:2 “Oh that my grief were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my calamity!

3 Job 6:3 “For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; Therefore my words have been rash.

4 Job 6:4 “For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, Their poison my spirit drinks; The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

5 Job 6:5 “Does the wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his fodder?

6 Job 6:6 “Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

7 Job 6:7 “My soul refuses to touch them; They are like loathsome food to me.

8 Job 6:8 “Oh that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my longing!

9 Job 6:9 “Would that God were willing to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off!

10 Job 6:10 “But it is still my consolation, And I rejoice in unsparing pain, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

11 Job 6:11 “What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should endure?

12 Job 6:12 “Is my strength the strength of stones, Or is my flesh bronze?

13 Job 6:13 “Is it that my help is not within me, And that deliverance is driven from me?

14 Job 6:14 “For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend; So that he does not forsake the fear of the Almighty.

15 Job 6:15 “My brothers have acted deceitfully like a wadi, Like the torrents of wadis which vanish,

16 Job 6:16 Which are turbid because of ice And into which the snow melts.

17 Job 6:17 “When they become waterless, they are silent, When it is hot, they vanish from their place.

18 Job 6:18 “The paths of their course wind along, They go up into nothing and perish.

19 Job 6:19 “The caravans of Tema looked, The travelers of Sheba hoped for them.

20 Job 6:20 “They were disappointed for they had trusted, They came there and were confounded.

21 Job 6:21 “Indeed, you have now become such, You see a terror and are afraid.

22 Job 6:22 “Have I said, ‘Give me something,’ Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,’

23 Job 6:23 Or, ‘Deliver me from the hand of the adversary,’ Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants’?

24 Job 6:24 “Teach me, and I will be silent; And show me how I have erred.

25 Job 6:25 “How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?

26 Job 6:26 “Do you intend to reprove my words, When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?

27 Job 6:27 “You would even cast lots for the orphans And barter over your friend.

28 Job 6:28 “Now please look at me, And see if I lie to your face.

29 Job 6:29 “Desist now, let there be no injustice; Even desist, my righteousness is yet in it.

30 Job 6:30 “Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern calamities?