6:1 But Job answered and said,
6:2 Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, and take up my
griefs in a balance together!
6:3 And verily they would be heavier than the sand by the seashore: but, as
it seems, my words are vain.
6:4 For the arrows of Yehovah are in my body, whose violence drinks up my
blood: whenever I am going to speak, they pierce me.
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?
6:6 Shall bread be eaten without salt? or again, is there taste in empty
words?
6:7 For my wrath cannot cease; for I perceive my food as the smell of a lion
[to be] loathsome.
6:8 For oh that he would grant [my desire], and my petition might come, and
Yehovah would grant my hope!
6:9 Let Yehovah begin and wound me, but let him not utterly destroy me.
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 Elohim.
6:11 For what is my strength, that I continue? what is my time, that my soul
endures?
6:12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
6:13 Or have I not trusted in him? but help is [far] from me.
6:14 Mercy has rejected me; and the visitation of Yehovah has disregarded
me.
6:15 My nearest relations have not regarded me; they have passed me by like
a failing brook, or like a wave.
6:16 They who used to reverence me, now have come against me like snow or
congealed ice.
6:17 When it has melted at the approach of heat, it is not known what it
was.
6:18 Thus I also have been deserted of all; and I am ruined, and become an
outcast.
6:19 Behold the ways of the Thaemanites, ye that mark the paths of the
Sabaeans.
6:20 They too that trust in cities and riches shall come to shame.
6:21 But ye also have come to me without pity; so that beholding my wound ye
are afraid.
6:22 What? have I made any demand of you? or do I ask for strength from you,
6:23 to deliver me from enemies, or to rescue me from the hand of the mighty
ones?
6:24 Teach ye me, and I will be silent: if in anything I have erred, tell
me.
6:25 But as it seems, the words of a true man are vain, because I do not ask
strength of you.
6:26 Neither will your reproof cause me to cease my words, for neither will
I endure the sound of your speech.
6:27 Even because ye attack the fatherless, and insult your friend.
6:28 But now, having looked upon your countenances, I will not lie.
6:29 Sit down now, and let there not be unrighteousness; and unite again
with the just.
6:30 For there is no injustice in my tongue; and does not my throat meditate
understanding? |
6:1 But Job answered and said,
6:2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the
balances together!
6:3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words
are swallowed up.
6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof
drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of Elohim do set themselves in array against
me.
6:5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his
fodder?
6:6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste
in the white of an egg?
6:7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
6:8 Oh that I might have my request; and that Elohim would grant me the thing
that I long for!
6:9 Even that it would please Elohim to destroy me; that he would let loose his
hand, and cut me off!
6:10 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.
6:11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I
should prolong my life?
6:12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
6:13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
6:14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he
forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
6:15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of
brooks they pass away;
6:16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
6:17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed
out of their place.
6:18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and
perish.
6:19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
6:20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and
were ashamed.
6:21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
6:22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
6:23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of
the mighty?
6:24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein
I have erred.
6:25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
6:26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is
desperate, which are as wind?
6:27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
6:28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I
lie.
6:29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my
righteousness is in it.
6:30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse
things? |