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  6:1 ¶
Then Job answered and said, |
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6:1 ¶
But Job°
answered°°
and said,°° |
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6:2
Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances! |
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6:2
Oh that°
my grief°
were throughly°°
weighed,°°
and my calamity°°°
laid°°
in the balances°
together!° |
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6:3
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash. |
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6:3
For°
now°
it would be heavier°°
than the sand°°
of the sea:°
therefore°°
my words°
are swallowed up.°° |
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6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. |
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6:4
For°
the arrows°
of the Almighty°
[are] within°
me, the poison°
whereof°
drinketh up°°
my spirit:°
the terrors°
of God°
do set themselves in array°°
against°
me. |
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6:5
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder? |
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6:5
Doth the wild ass°
bray°°
when he hath grass?°
or°
loweth°°
the ox°
over°
his fodder?° |
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6:6
Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? |
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6:6
Can that which is unsavoury°
be eaten°°
without°°
salt?°
or°
is there°
[any] taste°
in the white°
of an egg?° |
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6:7
My soul refuseth to touch [them]; They are as loathsome food to me. |
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6:7
The things°
[that] my soul°
refused°°
to touch°°
[are] as my sorrowful°
meat.° |
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6:8
Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for! |
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6:8
Oh that°
I might°
have°°
my request;°
and that God°
would grant°°
[me] the thing that I long for!° |
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6:9
Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! |
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6:9
Even that it would please°°
God°
to destroy°°
me; that he would let loose°°
his hand,°
and cut me off!°° |
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6:10
And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One. |
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6:10
Then should I yet°
have°
comfort;°
yea, I would harden°°
myself in sorrow:°
let him not°
spare;°°
for°
I have not°
concealed°°
the words°
of the Holy One.° |
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6:11
What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient? |
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6:11
What°
[is] my strength,°
that°
I should hope?°°
and what°
[is] mine end,°
that°
I should prolong°°
my life?° |
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6:12
Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass? |
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6:12
[Is] my strength°
the strength°
of stones?°
or [is] my flesh°
of brass?° |
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6:13
Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me? |
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6:13
[Is] not°
my help°
in me? and is wisdom°
driven°
quite°°
from°
me? |
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6:14
To him that is ready to faint kindness [should be showed] from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. |
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6:14
To him that is afflicted°
pity°
[should be shewed] from his friend;°°
but he forsaketh°°
the fear°
of the Almighty.° |
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6:15
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away; |
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6:15
My brethren°
have dealt deceitfully°°
as°
a brook,°
[and] as the stream°
of brooks°
they pass away;°° |
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6:16
Which are black by reason of the ice, [And] wherein the snow hideth itself: |
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6:16
Which are blackish°°
by reason of°
the ice,°
[and] wherein°
the snow°
is hid:°° |
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6:17
What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. |
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6:17
What time°
they wax warm,°°
they vanish:°°
when it is hot,°°
they are consumed°
out°°
of their place.°° |
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6:18
The caravans [that travel] by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish. |
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6:18
The paths°
of their way°
are turned aside;°°
they go°°
to nothing,°
and perish.°° |
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6:19
The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them. |
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6:19
The troops°
of Tema°
looked,°°
the companies°
of Sheba°
waited°°
for°
them. |
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6:20
They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded. |
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6:20
They were confounded°°
because°
they had hoped;°°
they came°°
thither,°
and were ashamed.°° |
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6:21
For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid. |
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6:21
For°
now°
ye are°
nothing;°
ye see°°
[my] casting down,°
and are afraid.°° |
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6:22
Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance? |
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6:22
Did°
I say,°°
Bring°°
unto me? or, Give a reward°°
for°
me of your substance?°° |
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6:23
Or, Deliver me from the adversary's hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors? |
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6:23
Or, Deliver°°
me from the enemy's°
hand?°°°
or, Redeem°°
me from the hand°°
of the mighty?° |
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6:24
Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred. |
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6:24
Teach°°
me, and I°
will hold my tongue:°°
and cause me to understand°°
wherein°
I have erred.°° |
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6:25
How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what doth it reprove? |
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6:25
How°
forcible°°
are right°
words!°
but what°
doth your arguing°°
reprove?°°° |
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6:26
Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind? |
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6:26
Do ye imagine°°
to reprove°°
words,°
and the speeches°
of one that is desperate,°°
[which are] as wind?° |
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6:27
Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend. |
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6:27
Yea,°
ye overwhelm°°°
the fatherless,°
and ye dig°°
[a pit] for°
your friend.° |
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6:28
Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; For surely I shall not lie to your face. |
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6:28
Now°
therefore be content,°°
look°°
upon me; for [it is] evident°
unto°°
you if°
I lie.°° |
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6:29
Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Yea, return again, my cause is righteous. |
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6:29
Return,°°
I pray you,°
let it not°
be°
iniquity;°
yea, return°
again,°°°
my righteousness°
[is] in it. |
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6:30
Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things? |
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6:30
Is there°
iniquity°
in my tongue?°
cannot°
my taste°
discern°°
perverse things?° |
