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Job 6
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890
WEB
World English Bible · 2000
2Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
2Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!
3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words are vehement.
3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash.
4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors ofGod are arrayed against me.
4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
5Doth the wild ass bray by the grass? loweth an ox over his fodder?
5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
6Shall that which is insipid be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?
6Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7What my soul refuseth to touch, that is as my loathsome food.
7My soul refuseth to touch them; They are as loathsome food to me.
8Oh that I might have my request, and thatGod would grant my desire!
8Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grantmethe thing that I long for!
9And that it would pleaseGod to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
9Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10Then should I yet have comfort; and in the pain which spareth not I would rejoice that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
10And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should have patience?
11What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient?
12Is my strength the strength of stones? is my flesh of brass?
12Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?
13Is it not that there is no help in me, and soundness is driven away from me?
13Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?
14For him that is fainting kindness [is meet] from his friend; or he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
14To him that is ready to faint kindness should be showed from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a stream, as the channel of streams which pass away,
15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;
16Which are turbid by reason of the ice, in which the snow hideth itself:
16Which are black by reason of the ice, And wherein the snow hideth itself:
17At the time they diminish, they are dried up; when heat affecteth them, they vanish from their place:
17What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
18They wind about in the paths of their course, they go off into the waste and perish.
18The caravansthat travelby the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.
19The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba counted on them:
19The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them.
20They are ashamed at their hope; they come thither, and are confounded.
20They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded.
21So now ye are nothing; ye see a terrible object and are afraid.
21For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid.
22Did I say, Bring unto me, and make me a present from your substance?
22Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?
23Or, rescue me from the hand of the oppressor, and redeem me from the hand of the violent?
23Or, Deliver me from the adversary’s hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?
24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
24Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25How forcible are right words! but what doth your upbraiding reprove?
25How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what doth it reprove?
26Do ye imagine to reprove words? The speeches of one that is desperate are indeed for the wind.
26Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?
27Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and dig [a pit] for your friend.
27Yea, ye would castlotsupon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.
28Now therefore if ye will, look upon me; and it shall be to your face if I lie.
28Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; For surely I shall not lie to your face.