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Job 6

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 And Job made answer and said,

2 If only my passion might be measured, and put into the scales against my trouble!

3 For then its weight would be more than the sand of the seas: because of this my words have been uncontrolled.

4 For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.

5 Does the ass of the fields give out his voice when he has grass? or does the ox make sounds over his food?

6 Will a man take food which has no taste without salt? or is there any taste in the soft substance of purslain?

7 My soul has no desire for such things, they are as disease in my food.

8 If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire!

9 If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!

10 So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.

11 Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?

12 Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh brass?

13 I have no help in myself, and wisdom is completely gone from me.

14 He whose heart is shut against his friend has given up the fear of the Ruler of all.

15 My friends have been false like a stream, like streams in the valleys which come to an end:

16 Which are dark because of the ice, and the snow falling into them;

17 Under the burning sun they are cut off, and come to nothing because of the heat.

18 The camel-trains go out of their way; they go up into the waste and come to destruction.

19 The camel-trains of Tema were searching with care, the bands of Sheba were waiting for them:

20 They were put to shame because of their hope; they came and their hope was gone.

21 So have you now become to me; you see my sad condition and are in fear.

22 Did I say, Give me something? or, Make a payment for me out of your wealth?

23 Or, Get me out of the power of my hater? or, Give money so that I may be free from the power of the cruel ones?

24 Give me teaching and I will be quiet; and make me see my error.

25 How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments?

26 My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind.

27 Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.

28 Now then, let your eyes be turned to me, for truly I will not say what is false to your face.

29 Let your minds be changed, and do not have an evil opinion of me; yes, be changed, for my righteousness is still in me.

30 Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?

Good News Translation GNT

1 If my troubles and griefs

2 were weighed on scales,

3 they would weigh more than the sands of the sea, so my wild words should not surprise you.

4 Almighty God has shot me with arrows, and their poison spreads through my body. God has lined up his terrors against me.

5 A donkey is content when eating grass, and a cow is quiet when eating hay.

6 But who can eat flat, unsalted food? What taste is there in the white of an egg?

7 I have no appetite for food like that, and everything I eat makes me sick.

8 Why won't God give me what I ask? Why won't he answer my prayer?

9 If only he would go ahead and kill me!

10 If I knew he would, I would leap for joy, no matter how great my pain. I know that God is holy; I have never opposed what he commands.

11 What strength do I have to keep on living? Why go on living when I have no hope?

12 Am I made of stone? Is my body bronze?

13 I have no strength left to save myself; there is nowhere I can turn for help.

14 In trouble like this I need loyal friends - whether I've forsaken God or not.

15 But you, my friends, you deceive me like streams that go dry when no rain comes.

16 The streams are choked with snow and ice,

17 but in the heat they disappear, and the stream beds lie bare and dry.

18 Caravans get lost looking for water; they wander and die in the desert.

19 Caravans from Sheba and Tema search,

20 but their hope dies beside dry streams.

21 You are like those streams to me, you see my fate and draw back in fear.

22 Have I asked you to give me a gift or to bribe someone on my behalf

23 or to save me from some enemy or tyrant?

24 All right, teach me; tell me my faults. I will be quiet and listen to you.

25 Honest words are convincing, but you are talking nonsense.

26 You think I am talking nothing but wind; then why do you answer my words of despair?

27 You would even roll dice for orphan slaves and make yourselves rich off your closest friends!

28 Look me in the face. I won't lie.

29 You have gone far enough. Stop being unjust. Don't condemn me. I'm in the right.

30 But you think I am lying - you think I can't tell right from wrong.