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Job 6

Common English Bible CEB

1 Job responded:

2 Oh, that my grief were actually weighed, all of it were lifted up in scales;

3 for now it's heavier than the sands of the sea; therefore, my words are rash.

4 The Almighty's arrows are in me; my spirit drinks their poison, and God's terrors are arrayed against me.

5 Does a donkey bray over grass or an ox bellow over its fodder?

6 Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or does egg white have taste?

7 I refuse to touch them; they resemble food for the sick.

8 Oh, that what I've requested would come and God grant my hope;

9 that God be willing to crush me, release his hand and cut me off.

10 I'd still take comfort, relieved even though in persistent pain; for I've not denied the words of the holy one.

11 What is my strength, that I should hope; my end, that my life should drag on?

12 Is my strength that of rocks, my flesh bronze?

13 I don't have a helper for myself; success has been taken from me.

14 Are friends loyal to the one who despairs, or do they stop fearing the Almighty?

15 My companions are treacherous like a stream in the desert, like channels that overrun their streambeds,

16 like those darkened by thawing ice, in which snow is obscured

17 but that stop flowing in dry times and vanish from their channels in heat.

18 Caravans turn aside from their paths; they go up into untamed areas and perish.

19 Caravans from Tema look; merchants from Sheba hope for it.

20 They are ashamed that they trusted; they arrive and are dismayed.

21 That's what you are like; you see something awful and are afraid.

22 Have I said, "Give me something? Offer a bribe from your wealth for me?

23 Rescue me from the hand of my enemy? Ransom me from the grip of the ruthless?"

24 Instruct me and I'll be quiet; inform me how I've erred.

25 How painful are truthful words, but what do your condemnations accomplish?

26 Do you intend to correct my words, to treat the words of a hopeless man as wind?

27 Would you even gamble over an orphan, barter away your friend?

28 Now look at me— would I lie to your face?

29 Turn! Don't be faithless. Turn now! I am righteous.

30 Is there wrong on my tongue, or can my mouth not recognize disaster?

English Standard Version ESV

1 Then Job answered and said:

2 “Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!

3 For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.

4 For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

5 Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass, or the ox low over his fodder?

6 Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow?

7 My appetite refuses to touch them; they are as food that is loathsome to me.

8 “Oh that I might have my request, and that God would fulfill my hope,

9 that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!

10 This would be my comfort; I would even exult in pain unsparing, for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

11 What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?

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

13 Have I any help in me, when resource is driven from me?

14 “He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

15 My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed, as torrential streams that pass away,

16 which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself.

17 When they melt, they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place.

18 The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the waste and perish.

19 The caravans of Tema look, the travelers of Sheba hope.

20 They are ashamed because they were confident; they come there and are disappointed.

21 For you have now become nothing; you see my calamity and are afraid.

22 Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’? Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’?

23 Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’? Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?

24 “Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone astray.

25 How forceful are upright words! But what does reproof from you reprove?

26 Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man is wind?

27 You would even cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend.

28 “But now, be pleased to look at me, for I will not lie to your face.

29 Please turn; let no injustice be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake.

30 Is there any injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity?