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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?

Orthodox Jewish Bible OJB

1 But Iyov answered and said,

2 Oh that my ka’as (vexation) were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the scales together!

3 For now it would be heavier than the chol of the seas; therefore my words are impetuous.

4 For the khitzim (arrows) of Shaddai are in me, the poison whereof drinketh my ruach; the terrors of Eloah do set themselves in array against me.

5 Doth the pereh (wild donkey) bray when he hath desheh? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?

6 Can that which is tasteless be eaten without melach? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

7 The things that my nefesh refused to touch are like my loathsome lechem.

8 Who will grant that I might have my she’elah (request); oh that Eloah would grant me my tikveh!

9 Even that it would please Eloah to crush me; that He would let loose His yad, and cut me off!

10 Then should I yet have nechamah (consolation); yea, I would exult in chilah (pain); let him not spare; for I have not concealed the imrei Kadosh (words of the Holy One).

11 What is my koach, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should make patient my nefesh?

12 Is my koach the koach of avanim? Or is my basar bronze?

13 Is it that my help is not within me? And is tushiyyah (success) driven from me?

14 To him that is afflicted, chesed should be shown from his friend; otherwise, he forsaketh the fear of Shaddai.

15 Achai (my brethren) have dealt deceitfully as a wadi, and as the torrents of wadis they vanish away;

16 Which are blackish muddy by reason of the kerakh (ice), and wherein the sheleg (snow) is melted.

17 What season they become warm, they vanish; when it is hot, they disappear from their makom.

18 The paths of their derech wind about; they go up to tohu [Gn 1:2], and perish.

19 The caravans of Tema looked for them; the halichot (traveling companies) of Sheva hoped for them.

20 They were disappointed because of their bitachon; they come there and are confounded.

21 For now ye are become such; ye see my chatat (casting down), and are afraid.

22 Did I say, Bring unto me? Or, Give a present for me of your ko’ach (power, wealth)?

23 Or, Deliver me from the yad tzar (hand of the enemy, oppressor)? Or, Redeem me with a ransom from the yad of the tyrants?

24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue, and cause me to have binah wherein I have erred.

25 How forcible are the imrei yosher (words of rectitude)! But what doth your hokhiach (reproof) reprove?

26 Do ye think to reprove words? The words of one in despair, which are as ruach?

27 Yea, ye cast lots for the yatom, and over your friend ye barter.

28 Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; for it is evident unto you if in me there is kazav (falsity).

29 Turn, now, let there be no iniquity; yea, turn again; at issue is my tzedek (righteousness).

30 Is there iniquity on my leshon? Cannot my palate discern havvot (perverse things)?