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  6:1 ¶
But Job answered and said, |
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6:1 ¶
But Jobº
answeredºº
and said,ºº |
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6:2
Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, and take up my griefs in a balance together! |
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6:2
Oh thatº
my griefº
were throughlyºº
weighed,ºº
and my calamityººº
laidºº
in the balancesº
together!º |
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6:3
And verily they would be heavier than the sand by the seashore: but, as it seems, my words are vain. |
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6:3
Forº
nowº
it would be heavierºº
than the sandºº
of the sea:º
thereforeºº
my wordsº
are swallowed up.ºº |
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6:4
For the arrows of the Lord are in my body, whose violence drinks up my blood: whenever I am going to speak, they pierce me. |
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6:4
Forº
the arrowsº
of Shaddaiº
[are] withinº
me, the poisonº
whereofº
drinketh upºº
my spirit:º
the terrorsº
of Eloahº
do set themselves in arrayºº
againstº
me. |
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6:5
What then? will the wild ass bray for nothing, if he is not seeking food? or again, will the ox low at the manger, when he has a fodder? |
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6:5
Doth the wild assº
brayºº
when he hath grass?º
orº
lowethºº
the oxº
overº
his fodder?º |
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6:6
Shall bread be eaten without salt? or again, is there taste in empty words? |
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6:6
Can that which is unsavouryº
be eatenºº
withoutºº
salt?º
orº
is thereº
[any] tasteº
in the whiteº
of an egg?º |
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6:7
For my wrath cannot cease; for I perceive my food as the smell of a lion [to be] loathsome. |
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6:7
The thingsº
[that] my soulº
refusedºº
to touchºº
[are] as my sorrowfulº
meat.º |
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6:8
For oh that he would grant [my desire], and my petition might come, and the Lord would grant my hope! |
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6:8
Oh thatº
I mightº
haveºº
my request;º
and that Eloahº
would grantºº
[me] the thing that I long for!º |
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6:9
Let the Lord begin and wound me, but let him not utterly destroy me. |
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6:9
Even that it would pleaseºº
Eloahº
to destroyºº
me; that he would let looseºº
his hand,º
and cut me off!ºº |
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6:10
Let the grave be my city, upon the walls of which I have leaped: I will not shrink from it; for I have not denied the holy words of my God. |
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6:10
Then should I yetº
haveº
comfort;º
yea, I would hardenºº
myself in sorrow:º
let him notº
spare;ºº
forº
I have notº
concealedºº
the wordsº
of the Holy One.º |
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6:11
For what is my strength, that I continue? what is my time, that my soul endures? |
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6:11
Whatº
[is] my strength,º
thatº
I should hope?ºº
and whatº
[is] mine end,º
thatº
I should prolongºº
my life?º |
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6:12
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? |
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6:12
[Is] my strengthº
the strengthº
of stones?º
or [is] my fleshº
of brass?º |
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6:13
Or have I not trusted in him? but help is [far] from me. |
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6:13
[Is] notº
my helpº
in me? and is wisdomº
drivenº
quiteºº
fromº
me? |
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6:14
Mercy has rejected me; and the visitation of the Lord has disregarded me. |
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6:14
To him that is afflictedº
pityº
[should be shewed] from his friend;ºº
but he forsakethºº
the fearº
of Shaddai.º |
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6:15
My nearest relations have not regarded me; they have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave. |
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6:15
My brethrenº
have dealt deceitfullyºº
asº
a brook,º
[and] as the streamº
of brooksº
they pass away;ºº |
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6:16
They who used to reverence me, now have come against me like snow or congealed ice. |
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6:16
Which are blackishºº
by reason ofº
the ice,º
[and] whereinº
the snowº
is hid:ºº |
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6:17
When it has melted at the approach of heat, it is not known what it was. |
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6:17
What timeº
they wax warm,ºº
they vanish:ºº
when it is hot,ºº
they are consumedº
outºº
of their place.ºº |
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6:18
Thus I also have been deserted of all; and I am ruined, and become an outcast. |
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6:18
The pathsº
of their wayº
are turned aside;ºº
they goºº
to nothing,º
and perish.ºº |
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6:19
Behold the ways of the Temanites{gr.Thaemanites}, ye that mark the paths of the Sabaeans. |
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6:19
The troopsº
of Temaº
looked,ºº
the companiesº
of Shebaº
waitedºº
forº
them. |
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6:20
They too that trust in cities and riches shall come to shame. |
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6:20
They were confoundedºº
becauseº
they had hoped;ºº
they cameºº
thither,º
and were ashamed.ºº |
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6:21
But ye also have come to me without pity; so that beholding my wound ye are afraid. |
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6:21
Forº
nowº
ye areº
nothing;º
ye seeºº
[my] casting down,º
and are afraid.ºº |
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6:22
What? have I made any demand of you? or do I ask for strength from you, |
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6:22
Didº
I say,ºº
Bringºº
unto me? or, Give a rewardºº
forº
me of your substance?ºº |
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6:23
to deliver me from enemies, or to rescue me from the hand of the mighty ones? |
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6:23
Or, Deliverºº
me from the enemy'sº
hand?ººº
or, Redeemºº
me from the handºº
of the mighty?º |
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6:24
Teach ye me, and I will be silent: if in anything I have erred, tell me. |
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6:24
Teachºº
me, and Iº
will hold my tongue:ºº
and cause me to understandºº
whereinº
I have erred.ºº |
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6:25
But as it seems, the words of a true man are vain, because I do not ask strength of you. |
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6:25
Howº
forcibleºº
are rightº
words!º
but whatº
doth your arguingºº
reprove?ººº |
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6:26
Neither will your reproof cause me to cease my words, for neither will I endure the sound of your speech. |
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6:26
Do ye imagineºº
to reproveºº
words,º
and the speechesº
of one that is desperate,ºº
[which are] as wind?º |
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6:27
Even because ye attack the fatherless, and insult your friend. |
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6:27
Yea,º
ye overwhelmººº
the fatherless,º
and ye digºº
[a pit] forº
your friend.º |
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6:28
But now, having looked upon your countenances, I will not lie. |
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6:28
Nowº
therefore be content,ºº
lookºº
upon me; for [it is] evidentº
untoºº
you ifº
I lie.ºº |
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6:29
Sit down now, and let there not be unrighteousness; and unite again with the just. |
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6:29
Return,ºº
I pray you,º
let it notº
beº
iniquity;º
yea, returnº
again,ººº
my righteousnessº
[is] in it. |
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6:30
For there is no injustice in my tongue; and does not my throat meditate understanding? |
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6:30
Is thereº
iniquityº
in my tongue?º
cannotº
my tasteº
discernºº
perverse things?º |
