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

Job 6:1-7

1 Then Job answered:

1 Then Job replied:

2 "I wish my suffering could be weighed and my misery put on scales.

2 “If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!

3 My sadness would be heavier than the sand of the seas. No wonder my words seem careless.

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

4 The arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks in their poison; God's terrors are gathered 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 A wild donkey does not bray when it has grass to eat, and an ox is quiet when it has feed.

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

6 Tasteless food is not eaten without salt, and there is no flavor in the white of an egg.

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

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

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