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Job 6

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 Iyov responded:

2 "I wish my frustration could be weighed, all my calamities laid on the scales!

3 They would outweigh the sands of the seas! No wonder, then, that my words come out stammered!

4 For the arrows of Shaddai find their mark in me, and my spirit is drinking in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

5 "Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass? Does an ox low when it has fodder?

6 Can food without flavor be eaten without salt? Do egg whites have any taste?

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

8 "If only I could have my wish granted, and God would give me what I'm hoping for -

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

10 Then I would feel consoled; so that even in the face of unending pain, I would be able to rejoice; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

11 "Have I enough strength to go on waiting? What end can I expect, that I should be patient?

12 Is my strength the strength of stones? Is my flesh made of bronze?

13 Clearly, I have no help in myself; common sense has been driven from me.

14 "A friend should be kind to an unhappy man, even to one who abandons Shaddai.

15 But my brothers are as deceptive as vadis, as vadi streams that soon run dry;

16 they may turn dark with ice and be hidden by piled-up snow;

17 but as the weather warms up, they vanish; when it's hot, they disappear.

18 Their courses turn this way and that; they go up into the confusing waste and are lost.

19 The caravans from Tema look for them, the travelers from Sh'va hope to find them;

20 but they are disappointed, because they were confident; on arrival there, they are frustrated.

21 "For now, you have become like that -just seeing my calamity makes you afraid.

22 Did I say to you, 'Give me something,'or, 'From your wealth, offer a bribe on my behalf,'

23 or, 'Save me from the enemy's grip,'or, 'Redeem me from the clutches of oppressors'?

24 "Teach me, and I will be silent. Make me understand how I am at fault.

25 Honest words are forceful indeed, but what do your arguments prove?

26 Do you think [your own] words constitute argument, while the speech of a desperate man is merely wind?

27 I suppose you would even throw dice for an orphan or barter away your friend!

28 "So now, I beg you, look at me! Would I lie to your face?

29 Think it over, please; don't let wrong be done. Think it over again: my cause is just.

30 Am I saying something wrong? Can't I recognize trouble when I taste it?

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?