Job 6
New International Version - Job 6 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142 6:1 Then Job replied: 6:2 'If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales! 6:3 It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas- no wonder my words have been impetuous. 6:4 The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God's terrors are marshaled against me. 6:5 Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder? 6:6 Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg ? 6:7 I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill. 6:8 'Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for, 6:9 that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut me off! 6:10 Then I would still have this consolation-my joy in unrelenting pain-that I had not denied the words of the Holy One. 6:11 'What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient? 6:12 Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze? 6:13 Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me? 6:14 'A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends, even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty. 6:15 But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow 6:16 when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow, 6:17 but that cease to flow in the dry season, and in the heat vanish from their channels. 6:18 Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go up into the wasteland and perish. 6:19 The caravans of Tema look for water, the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope. 6:20 They are distressed, because they had been confident; they arrive there, only to be disappointed. 6:21 Now you too have proved to be of no help; you see something dreadful and are afraid. 6:22 Have I ever said, 'Give something on my behalf, pay a ransom for me from your wealth, 6:23 deliver me from the hand of the enemy, ransom me from the clutches of the ruthless'? 6:24 'Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong. 6:25 How painful are honest words! But what do your arguments prove? 6:26 Do you mean to correct what I say, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind? 6:27 You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend. 6:28 'But now be so kind as to look at me. Would I lie to your face? 6:29 Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my integrity is at stake. 6:30 Is there any wickedness on my lips? Can my mouth not discern malice?