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| 6:1 |
Then Job answered,
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| 6:2 |
"Oh that my vexation were actually weighed, And laid in the balances together with my iniquity!
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| 6:3 |
"For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, Therefore my words have been rash.
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| 6:4 |
"For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; Their poison my spirit drinks; The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
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| 6:5 |
"Does the wild donkey bray over [his] grass, Or does the ox low over his fodder?
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| 6:6 |
"Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
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| 6:7 |
"My soul refuses to touch [them]; They are like loathsome food to me.
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| 6:8 |
"Oh that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my longing!
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| 6:9 |
"Would that God were willing to crush me; That He would loose His hand and cut me off!
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| 6:10 |
"But it is still my consolation, And I rejoice in unsparing pain, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
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| 6:11 |
"What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should endure?
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| 6:12 |
"Is my strength the strength of stones, Or is my flesh bronze?
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| 6:13 |
"Is it that my help is not within me, And that deliverance is driven from me?
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| 6:14 |
"For the despairing man [there should be] kindness from his friend; Lest he forsake the fear of the Almighty.
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| 6:15 |
"My brothers have acted deceitfully like a wadi, Like the torrents of wadis which vanish,
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| 6:16 |
Which are turbid because of ice, [And] into which the snow melts.
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| 6:17 |
"When they become waterless, they are silent, When it is hot, they vanish from their place.
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| 6:18 |
"The paths of their course wind along, They go up into nothing and perish.
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| 6:19 |
"The caravans of Tema looked, The travelers of Sheba hoped for them.
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| 6:20 |
"They were disappointed for they had trusted, They came there and were confounded.
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| 6:21 |
"Indeed, you have now become such, You see a terror and are afraid.
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| 6:22 |
"Have I said, 'Give me [something,]' Or, 'Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,'
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| 6:23 |
Or, 'Deliver me from the hand of the adversary,' Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants '?
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| 6:24 |
"Teach me, and I will be silent; And show me how I have erred.
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| 6:25 |
"How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?
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| 6:26 |
"Do you intend to reprove [my] words, When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?
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| 6:27 |
"You would even cast [lots] for the orphans, And barter over your friend.
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| 6:28 |
"And now please look at me, And [see] if I lie to your face.
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| 6:29 |
"Desist now, let there be no injustice; Even desist, my righteousness is yet in it.
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| 6:30 |
"Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern calamities?
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