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  6:1 ¶
But Job answered and said, |
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6:1 ¶
But Job°
answered°°
and said,°° |
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6:2
Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, and take up my griefs in a balance together! |
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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
And verily they would be heavier than the sand by the seashore: but, as it seems, my words are vain. |
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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 Lord are in my body, whose violence drinks up my blood: whenever I am going to speak, they pierce me. |
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6:4
For°
the arrows°
of Shaddai°
[are] within°
me, the poison°
whereof°
drinketh up°°
my spirit:°
the terrors°
of Eloah°
do set themselves in array°°
against°
me. |
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6:5
What then? will the wild ass bray for nothing, if he is not seeking food? or again, will the ox low at the manger, when he has a 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
Shall bread be eaten without salt? or again, is there taste in empty words? |
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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
For my wrath cannot cease; for I perceive my food as the smell of a lion [to be] loathsome. |
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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
For oh that he would grant [my desire], and my petition might come, and the Lord would grant my hope! |
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6:8
Oh that°
I might°
have°°
my request;°
and that Eloah°
would grant°°
[me] the thing that I long for!° |
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6:9
Let the Lord begin and wound me, but let him not utterly destroy me. |
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6:9
Even that it would please°°
Eloah°
to destroy°°
me; that he would let loose°°
his hand,°
and cut me off!°° |
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6:10
Let the grave be my city, upon the walls of which I have leaped: I will not shrink from it; for I have not denied the holy words of my God. |
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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
For what is my strength, that I continue? what is my time, that my soul endures? |
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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
Or have I not trusted in him? but help is [far] 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
Mercy has rejected me; and the visitation of the Lord has disregarded me. |
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6:14
To him that is afflicted°
pity°
[should be shewed] from his friend;°°
but he forsaketh°°
the fear°
of Shaddai.° |
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6:15
My nearest relations have not regarded me; they have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave. |
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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
They who used to reverence me, now have come against me like snow or congealed ice. |
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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
When it has melted at the approach of heat, it is not known what it was. |
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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
Thus I also have been deserted of all; and I am ruined, and become an outcast. |
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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
Behold the ways of the Temanites{gr.Thaemanites}, ye that mark the paths of the Sabaeans. |
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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 too that trust in cities and riches shall come to shame. |
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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
But ye also have come to me without pity; so that beholding my wound ye 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
What? have I made any demand of you? or do I ask for strength from you, |
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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
to deliver me from enemies, or to rescue me from the hand of the mighty ones? |
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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 ye me, and I will be silent: if in anything I have erred, tell me. |
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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
But as it seems, the words of a true man are vain, because I do not ask strength of you. |
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6:25
How°
forcible°°
are right°
words!°
but what°
doth your arguing°°
reprove?°°° |
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6:26
Neither will your reproof cause me to cease my words, for neither will I endure the sound of your speech. |
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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
Even because ye attack the fatherless, and insult 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
But now, having looked upon your countenances, I will not lie. |
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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
Sit down now, and let there not be unrighteousness; and unite again with the just. |
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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
For there is no injustice in my tongue; and does not my throat meditate understanding? |
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6:30
Is there°
iniquity°
in my tongue?°
cannot°
my taste°
discern°°
perverse things?° |
