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Job 6

Young's Literal Translation YLT

1 And Job answereth and saith: --

2 O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!

3 For now, than the sands of the sea it is heavier, Therefore my words have been rash.

4 For arrows of the Mighty [are] with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves [for] me!

5 Brayeth a wild ass over tender grass? Loweth an ox over his provender?

6 Eaten is an insipid thing without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?

7 My soul is refusing to touch! They [are] as my sickening food.

8 O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope!

9 That God would please -- and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off!

10 And yet it is my comfort, (And I exult in pain -- He doth not spare,) That I have not hidden The sayings of the Holy One.

11 What [is] my power that I should hope? And what mine end That I should prolong my life?

12 Is my strength the strength of stones? Is my flesh brazen?

13 Is not my help with me, And substance driven from me?

14 To a despiser of his friends [is] shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.

15 My brethren have deceived as a brook, As a stream of brooks they pass away.

16 That are black because of ice, By them doth snow hide itself.

17 By the time they are warm they have been cut off, By its being hot they have been Extinguished from their place.

18 Turn aside do the paths of their way, They ascend into emptiness, and are lost.

19 Passengers of Tema looked expectingly, Travellers of Sheba hoped for them.

20 They were ashamed that one hath trusted, They have come unto it and are confounded.

21 Surely now ye have become the same! Ye see a downfall, and are afraid.

22 Is it because I said, Give to me? And, By your power bribe for me?

23 And, Deliver me from the hand of an adversary? And, From the hand of terrible ones ransom me?

24 Shew me, and I -- I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand.

25 How powerful have been upright sayings, And what doth reproof from you reprove?

26 For reproof -- do you reckon words? And for wind -- sayings of the desperate.

27 Anger on the fatherless ye cause to fall, And are strange to your friend.

28 And, now, please, look upon me, Even to your face do I lie?

29 Turn back, I pray you, let it not be perverseness, Yea, turn back again -- my righteousness [is] in it.

30 Is there in my tongue perverseness? Discerneth not my palate desirable things?

Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB

1 Then Job answered:

2 If only my grief could be weighed and my devastation placed with it on a scale.

3 For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas! That is why my words are rash.

4 Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks their poison. God's terrors are arrayed against me.

5 Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass or an ox low over its fodder?

6 Is bland food eaten without salt? Is there flavor in an egg white?

7 I refuse to touch [them]; they are like contaminated food.

8 If only my request would be granted and God would provide what I hope for:

9 that He would decide to crush me, to unleash His power and cut me off!

10 It would still bring me comfort, and I would leap for joy in unrelenting pain that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

11 What strength do I have that I should continue to hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?

12 Is my strength that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?

13 Since I cannot help myself, [the hope for] success has been banished from me.

14 A despairing man should receive loyalty from his friends, even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty.

15 My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi, as seasonal streams that overflow

16 and become darkened because of ice, and the snow melts into them.

17 The wadis evaporate in warm weather; they disappear from their channels in hot weather.

18 Caravans turn away from their routes, go up into the desert, and perish.

19 The caravans of Tema look [for these streams]. The traveling merchants of Sheba hope for them.

20 They are ashamed because they had been confident [of finding water]. When they arrive there, they are frustrated.

21 So [this] is what you have now become [to me]. When you see something dreadful, you are afraid.

22 Have I ever said: Give me [something] or Pay a bribe for me from your wealth

23 or Deliver me from the enemy's power or Redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless?

24 Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand what I did wrong.

25 How painful honest words can be! But what does your rebuke prove?

26 Do you think that you can disprove [my] words or that a despairing man's words are [mere] wind?

27 No doubt you would cast [lots] for a fatherless child and negotiate a price to [sell] your friend.

28 But now, please look at me; would I lie to your face?

29 Reconsider; don't be unjust. Reconsider; my righteousness is still the issue.

30 Am I lying, or can I not recognize lies?