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| 6:1 |
Then Job answered:
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| 6:2 |
"O that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
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| 6:3 |
For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.
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| 6:4 |
For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
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| 6:5 |
Does the wild ass bray over its grass, or the ox low over its fodder?
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| 6:6 |
Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any flavor in the juice of mallows?
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| 6:7 |
My appetite refuses to touch them; they are like food that is loathsome to me.
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| 6:8 |
"O that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire;
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| 6:9 |
that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
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| 6:10 |
This would be my consolation; I would even exult in unrelenting pain; for 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 be patient?
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| 6:12 |
Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?
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| 6:13 |
In truth I have no help in me, and any resource is driven from me.
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| 6:14 |
"Those who withhold kindness from a friend forsake the fear of the Almighty.
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| 6:15 |
My companions are treacherous like a torrent-bed, like freshets that pass away,
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| 6:16 |
that run dark with ice, turbid with melting snow.
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| 6:17 |
In time of heat they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
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| 6:18 |
The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the waste, and perish.
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| 6:19 |
The caravans of Tema look, the travelers of Sheba hope.
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| 6:20 |
They are disappointed because they were confident; they come there and are confounded.
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| 6:21 |
Such you have now become to me; you see my calamity, and are afraid.
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| 6:22 |
Have I said, 'Make me a gift'? Or, 'From your wealth offer a bribe for me'?
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| 6:23 |
Or, 'Save me from an opponent's hand'? Or, 'Ransom me from the hand of oppressors'?
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| 6:24 |
"Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone wrong.
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| 6:25 |
How forceful are honest words! But your reproof, what does it reprove?
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| 6:26 |
Do you think that you can reprove words, as if the speech of the desperate were wind?
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| 6:27 |
You would even cast lots over the orphan, and bargain over your friend.
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| 6:28 |
"But now, be pleased to look at me; for I will not lie to your face.
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| 6:29 |
Turn, I pray, let no wrong be done. Turn now, my vindication is at stake.
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| 6:30 |
Is there any wrong on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern calamity?
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