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1 Then Job answered,
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Then Job replied:
2 "Oh that my grief were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my calamity!
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“If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!
3 "For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; Therefore my words have been rash.
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It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been impetuous.
4 "For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, Their poison my spirit drinks; The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
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The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
5 "Does the wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his fodder?
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Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?
6 "Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
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Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow ?
7 "My soul refuses to touch them; They are like loathsome food to me.
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I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill.
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