Job 6

6But Job answered and said,

²Oh that my ^agrief were throughly weighed,

And my ^aacalamity ^†laid in the balances together!

³For now it would be heavier than ^bthe sand of the sea:

Therefore ^||my words ^care swallowed up.

⁴For ^dthe arrows of the Almighty are within me,

The poison whereof drinketh up my spirit:

^eThe terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

⁵Doth the ^fwild ass bray ^†when he hath grass?

Or loweth the ox over his ^gfodder?

⁶Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt?

Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

⁷The things that my soul refused to touch

Are as my sorrowful meat.

⁸Oh that I might have ^hmy request;

And that God would grant me ^†the thing that I long for!

⁹Even that ⁱit would please God to ^jdestroy me;

That he would let loose his hand, and ^kcut me off!

¹⁰Then should I yet have comfort;

Yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: ^llet him not spare;

For I have not ^mconcealed ^mmthe words of ⁿthe Holy One.

¹¹What is my strength, that I should hope?

And what is mine end, that I should ^oprolong my life?

¹²Is my strength the strength of stones?

Or is my flesh ^†of brass?

¹³Is not my help in me?

And is ^pwisdom driven quite from me?

^14†To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed ^qfrom his friend;

But he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

¹⁵My brethren ^rhave dealt deceitfully as a brook,

And ^sas the stream of brooks they pass away;

¹⁶Which are blackish by reason of the ice,

And wherein the snow is hid:

¹⁷What time they wax warm, ^†they vanish:

^†When it is hot, they are ^†consumed out of their place.

¹⁸The paths of their way ^tare turned aside;

They go to ^unothing, and perish.

¹⁹The troops of ^xTema looked,

The companies of ^ySheba waited for them.

²⁰They were ^zconfounded because they had hoped;

They came thither, and were ^zashamed.

^21||For now ye are ^†nothing;

Ye see my casting down, and are afraid.

²²Did I say, Bring unto me?

Or, Give a reward for me of your ^asubstance?

²³Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand?

Or, Redeem me from the hand of the ^bmighty?

²⁴Teach me, and I will hold my tongue:

And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

²⁵How ^cforcible are right words!

But what doth your arguing reprove?

²⁶Do ye imagine to reprove words,

And the speeches of one that is ^ddesperate, which are as wind?

²⁷Yea, ^†ye overwhelm the fatherless,

And ye ^edig a pit for your friend.

²⁸Now therefore be content, ^flook upon me;

For it is ^†evident unto you if I lie.

^29gReturn, I pray you, let it not be iniquity;

Yea, return again, my righteousness is ^||in it.

³⁰Is there iniquity in my tongue?

Cannot ^†my taste discern ^hperverse things?