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