【Job】Chapter 6 << Last Chapter Next Chapter >>

6:1 Then Job answered and said:

6:2 Ah, could my anguish but be measured and my calamity laid with it in the scales,

6:3 They would now outweigh the sands of the sea! Because of this I speak without restraint.

6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty pierce me, and my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

6:5 Does the wild ass bray when he has grass? Does the ox low over his fodder?

6:6 Can a thing insipid be eaten without salt? Is there flavor in the white of an egg?

6:7 I refuse to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.

6:8 Oh, that I might have my request, and that God would grant what I long for:

6:9 Even that God would decide to crush me, that he would put forth his hand and cut me off!

6:10 Then I should still have consolation and could exult through unremitting pain, because I have not transgressed the commands of the Holy One.

6:11 What strength have I that I should endure, and what is my limit that I should be patient?

6:12 Have I the strength of stones, or is my flesh of bronze?

6:13 Have I no helper, and has advice deserted me?

6:14 A friend owes kindness to one in despair, though he have forsaken the fear of the Almighty.

6:15 My brethren are undependable as a brook, as watercourses that run dry in the wadies;

6:16 Though they may be black with ice, and with snow heaped upon them,

6:17 Yet once they flow, they cease to be; in the heat, they disappear from their place.

6:18 Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the desert and perish.

6:19 The caravans of Tema search, the companies of Sheba have hopes;

6:20 They are disappointed, though they were confident; they come there and are frustrated.

6:21 It is thus that you have now become for me; you see a terrifying thing and are afraid.

6:22 Have I asked you to give me anything, to offer a gift for me from your possessions,

6:23 Or to deliver me from the enemy, or to redeem me from oppressors?

6:24 Teach me, and I will be silent; prove to me wherein I have erred.

6:25 How agreeable are honest words; yet how unconvincing is your argument!

6:26 Do you consider your words as proof, but the sayings of a desperate man as wind?

6:27 You would even cast lots for the orphan, and would barter away your friend!

6:28 Come, now, give me your attention; surely I will not lie to your face.

6:29 Think it over; let there be no injustice. Think it over; I still am right.

6:30 Is there insincerity on my tongue, or cannot my taste discern falsehood?

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