Job Chapter 6
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Job 6:1 Then Job answered and said:
Job 6:2 “Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
Job 6:3 For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.
Job 6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Job 6:5 Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass, or the ox low over his fodder?
Job 6:6 Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow?
Job 6:7My appetite refuses to touch them; they are as food that is loathsome to me.
Job 6:8 “Oh that I might have my request, and that God would fulfill my hope,
Job 6:9 that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
Job 6:10 This would be my comfort; I would even exult in pain unsparing, for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
Job 6:11 What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
Job 6:12 Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?
Job 6:13 Have I any help in me, when resource is driven from me?
Job 6:14 “He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
Job 6:15 My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed, as torrential streams that pass away,
Job 6:16 which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself.
Job 6:17 When they melt, they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
Job 6:18 The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the waste and perish.
Job 6:19 The caravans of Tema look, the travelers of Sheba hope.
Job 6:20 They are ashamed because they were confident; they come there and are disappointed.
Job 6:21 For you have now become nothing; you see my calamity and are afraid.
Job 6:22 Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’? Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’?
Job 6:23 Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’? Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?