Parallel Bible results for "Job 6:1-7"

Job 6:1-7

1 Then Job answered and said,

1 Then Job replied:

2 "If only my vexation could be well weighed, and my calamity could be lifted up together [with it] in [the] balances,

2 “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,

3 It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been impetuous.

4 for the arrows of Shaddai [are] in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

4 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 ass bray over grass, or [the] ox bellow over its fodder?

5 Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?

6 Can tasteless [food] be eaten without salt, or is there taste in the white of a marshmallow plant?

6 Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow ?

7 {I refused} to touch [them]; they [are] like {food that will make me ill}.

7 I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill.