Geneva1599 - Job - 6

6:1  Bvt Iob answered, and said,

6:2  Oh that my griefe were well weighed, and my miseries were layed together in the balance.

6:3  For it woulde be nowe heauier then the sande of the sea: therefore my wordes are swallowed vp.

6:4  For the arrowes of the Almightie are in me, the venime whereof doeth drinke vp my spirit, and the terrours of God fight against me.

6:5  Doeth the wilde asse bray when he hath grasse? or loweth the oxe when he hath fodder?

6:6  That which is vnsauerie, shall it be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egge?

6:7  Such things as my soule refused to touch, as were sorowes, are my meate.

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

6:9  That is, that God would destroy me: that he would let his hand go, and cut me off.

6:10  Then should I yet haue comfort, (though I burne with sorowe, let him not spare) because I haue not denyed the wordes of the Holy one.

6:11  What power haue I that I should endure? or what is mine end, if I should prolong my life?

6:12  Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brasse?

6:13  Is it not so, that there is in me no helpe? and that strength is taken from me?

6:14  He that is in miserie, ought to be comforted of his neighbour: but men haue forsaken the feare of the Almightie.

6:15  My brethre haue deceiued me as a brook, and as the rising of the riuers they passe away.

6:16  Which are blackish with yee, and wherein the snowe is hid.

6:17  But in time they are dryed vp with heate and are consumed: and when it is hote they faile out of their places,

6:18  Or they depart from their way and course, yea, they vanish and perish.

6:19  They that go to Tema, considered them, and they that goe to Sheba, waited for them.

6:20  But they were confounded: when they hoped, they came thither and were ashamed.

6:21  Surely nowe are ye like vnto it: ye haue seene my fearefull plague, and are afraide.

6:22  Was it because I said, Bring vnto me? or giue a rewarde to me of your substance?

6:23  And deliuer me from the enemies hande, or ransome me out of the hand of tyrants?

6:24  Teach me, and I wil hold my tongue: and cause me to vnderstande, wherein I haue erred.

6:25  Howe stedfast are the wordes of righteousnes? and what can any of you iustly reproue?

6:26  Doe ye imagine to reproue wordes, that the talke of the afflicted should be as the winde?

6:27  Ye make your wrath to fall vpon the fatherlesse, and dig a pit for your friende.

6:28  Nowe therefore be content to looke vpon me: for I will not lie before your face.

6:29  Turne, I pray you, let there be none iniquitie: returne, I say, and ye shall see yet my righteousnesse in that behalfe. Is there iniquitie in my tongue? doeth not my mouth feele sorowes?