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Job 6

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¹ Then Job answered and said:

² “Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!

³ For then it would be heavier thanⓐ the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.

⁴ Forⓑ the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

⁵ Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass, or the ox low over his fodder?

⁶ Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow?[1]

⁷ My appetite refuses to touch them; they are as food that is loathsome to me.[2]

⁸ “Oh that I might have my request, and that God would fulfill my hope,

⁹ that it wouldⓒ please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!

¹⁰ This would be my comfort; I would even exult[3] in painⓓ unsparing, for I have not denied the words ofⓔ the Holy One.

¹¹ What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?

¹² Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?

¹³ Have I any help in me, when resource is driven from me?

¹⁴ “He whoⓕ withholds[4] kindness from aⓖ friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

¹⁵ Myⓗ brothers areⓘ treacherous as a torrent-bed, as torrentialⓙ streams that pass away,

¹⁶ which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself.

¹⁷ When they melt, they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place.

¹⁸ The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up intoⓚ the waste and perish.

¹⁹ The caravans ofⓛ Tema look, the travelers ofⓜ Sheba hope.

²⁰ They areⓝ ashamed because they were confident; they come there and areⓞ disappointed.

²¹ For you have now become nothing; you see my calamity and are afraid.

²² Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’? Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’?

²³ Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary's hand’? Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand ofⓟ the ruthless’?

²⁴ “Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone astray.

²⁵ How forceful are upright words! But what does reproof from you reprove?

²⁶ Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man isⓠ wind?

²⁷ You would evenⓡ cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend.

²⁸ “But now, be pleased to look at me, for I will not lie to your face.

²⁹ ⓢ Please turn; let no injustice be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake.

³⁰ Is there any injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity?

#	ESV
1	Then Job answered and said:
2	“Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
3	For then it would be heavier thanⓐ the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.
4	Forⓑ the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
5	Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass, or the ox low over his fodder?
6	Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow?[1]
7	My appetite refuses to touch them; they are as food that is loathsome to me.[2]
8	“Oh that I might have my request, and that God would fulfill my hope,
9	that it wouldⓒ please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
10	This would be my comfort; I would even exult[3] in painⓓ unsparing, for I have not denied the words ofⓔ the Holy One.
11	What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
12	Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?
13	Have I any help in me, when resource is driven from me?
14	“He whoⓕ withholds[4] kindness from aⓖ friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15	Myⓗ brothers areⓘ treacherous as a torrent-bed, as torrentialⓙ streams that pass away,
16	which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself.
17	When they melt, they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
18	The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up intoⓚ the waste and perish.
19	The caravans ofⓛ Tema look, the travelers ofⓜ Sheba hope.
20	They areⓝ ashamed because they were confident; they come there and areⓞ disappointed.
21	For you have now become nothing; you see my calamity and are afraid.
22	Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’? Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’?
23	Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary's hand’? Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand ofⓟ the ruthless’?
24	“Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone astray.
25	How forceful are upright words! But what does reproof from you reprove?
26	Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man isⓠ wind?
27	You would evenⓡ cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend.
28	“But now, be pleased to look at me, for I will not lie to your face.
29	ⓢ Please turn; let no injustice be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake.
30	Is there any injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity?

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