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Job 6
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890
2O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!
2Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
3For now, than the sands of the sea it is heavier, Therefore my words have been rash.
3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words are vehement.
4For arrows of the Mighty <FI>are<Fi> with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves <FI>for<Fi> me!
4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors ofGod are arrayed against me.
5Brayeth a wild ass over tender grass? Loweth an ox over his provender?
5Doth the wild ass bray by the grass? loweth an ox over his fodder?
6Eaten is an insipid thing without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?
6Shall that which is insipid be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7My soul is refusing to touch! They <FI>are<Fi> as my sickening food.
7What my soul refuseth to touch, that is as my loathsome food.
8O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope!
8Oh that I might have my request, and thatGod would grant my desire!
9That God would please--and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off!
9And that it would pleaseGod to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
10And yet it is my comfort, (And I exult in pain--He doth not spare,) That I have not hidden The sayings of the Holy One.
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.
11What <FI>is<Fi> my power that I should hope? And what mine end That I should prolong my life?
11What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should have patience?
12Is my strength the strength of stones? Is my flesh brazen?
12Is my strength the strength of stones? is my flesh of brass?
13Is not my help with me, And substance driven from me?
13Is it not that there is no help in me, and soundness is driven away from me?
14To a despiser of his friends <FI>is<Fi> shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.
14For him that is fainting kindness [is meet] from his friend; or he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
15My brethren have deceived as a brook, As a stream of brooks they pass away.
15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a stream, as the channel of streams which pass away,
16That are black because of ice, By them doth snow hide itself.
16Which are turbid by reason of the ice, in which the snow hideth itself:
17By the time they are warm they have been cut off, By its being hot they have been Extinguished from their place.
17At the time they diminish, they are dried up; when heat affecteth them, they vanish from their place:
18Turn aside do the paths of their way, They ascend into emptiness, and are lost.
18They wind about in the paths of their course, they go off into the waste and perish.
19Passengers of Tema looked expectingly, Travellers of Sheba hoped for them.
19The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba counted on them:
20They were ashamed that one hath trusted, They have come unto it and are confounded.
20They are ashamed at their hope; they come thither, and are confounded.
21Surely now ye have become the same! Ye see a downfall, and are afraid.
21So now ye are nothing; ye see a terrible object and are afraid.
22Is it because I said, Give to me? And, By your power bribe for me?
22Did I say, Bring unto me, and make me a present from your substance?
23And, Deliver me from the hand of an adversary? And, From the hand of terrible ones ransom me?
23Or, rescue me from the hand of the oppressor, and redeem me from the hand of the violent?
24Shew me, and I--I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand.
24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25How powerful have been upright sayings, And what doth reproof from you reprove?
25How forcible are right words! but what doth your upbraiding reprove?
26For reproof--do you reckon words? And for wind--sayings of the desperate.
26Do ye imagine to reprove words? The speeches of one that is desperate are indeed for the wind.
27Anger on the fatherless ye cause to fall, And are strange to your friend.
27Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and dig [a pit] for your friend.
28And, now, please, look upon me, Even to your face do I lie?
28Now therefore if ye will, look upon me; and it shall be to your face if I lie.