AFV2020 - Job - 6

6:1  And Job answered and said,

6:2  "Oh, that my grief were but 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 have been rash.

6:4  For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, my spirit is drinking up their poison. The terrors of God do set themselves against me.

6:5  Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?

6:6  Can that which has no taste be eaten without salt? Or is there taste in the white of an egg?

6:7  My soul refuses to touch them; they are sickening food to me.

6:8  Oh, that I might have my desire, and that God would grant the thing that I long for!

6:9  Even that it would please God to destroy me; that He would loose His hand and cut me off!

6:10  Then I would yet have my comfort; yea, I would rejoice in pain, though He did not spare me; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

6:11  What is my strength, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

6:12  Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh bronze?

6:13  Is there no help within me? And is wisdom fully driven away from me?

6:14  To him who is afflicted, pity is due from his friend, lest he forsake the fear of the Almighty.

6:15  My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook; they pass away as the streams of torrents,

6:16  Which are black from ice, in which the snow hides itself.

6:17  When they become waterless, they fall silent; when it is hot, they vanish from 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 hoped for them.

6:20  They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came there and were ashamed.

6:21  Surely now you are like them; you see my casting down, and are afraid.

6:22  Did I say, 'Give to me?' or, 'Offer a bribe for me from your wealth;'

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 be silent; and cause me to understand where I have gone astray.

6:25  Right words are powerful, but what does your arguing prove?

6:26  Do you intend to criticize words, and the speeches of one who is hopeless, that are as wind?

6:27  Yea, you overwhelm the fatherless, and you dig a pit for your friend.

6:28  And now, please look upon me; for if I lie, it is evident to you.

6:29  Relent, I pray you, let there be no iniquity; yea, acknowledge, my righteousness yet stands.

6:30  Is there iniquity in my tongue? Cannot my taste discern perverse things?"