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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?

King James Version KJV

1 But Job answered and said,

2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

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

10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

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

13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:

17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.

22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?

23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

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

25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.

29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?