engKJVCPB: Job 6

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 [1] But Job answered and said,

[2] Oh that my grief were throughly weighed,

And my calamity laid in the balances together!

[3] For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea:

Therefore my words are swallowed up.

[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.

[5] Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass?

Or loweth the ox over his fodder?

[6] Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt?

Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

[7] The things that my soul refused to touch

Are as my sorrowful meat.

[8] O that I might have my request;

And that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

[9] Even that it would please God to destroy me:

That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

[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.

[11] What is my strength, that I should hope?

And what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

[12] Is my strength the strength of stones?

Or is my flesh of brass?

[13] Is not my help in me?

And is wisdom driven quite from me?

[14] To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend;

But he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

[15] My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook,

And as the stream of brooks they pass away;

[16] Which are blackish by reason of the ice,

And wherein the snow is hid:

[17] What time they wax warm, they vanish:

When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

[18] The paths of their way are turned aside;

They go to nothing, and perish.

[19] The troops of Tema looked,

The companies of Sheba waited for them.

[20] They were confounded because they had hoped;

They came thither, and were ashamed.

[21] For now ye are nothing;

Ye see my casting down, and are afraid.

[22] Did I say, Bring unto me?

Or, Give a reward for me of your substance?

[23] Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand?

Or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

[24] Teach me, and I will hold my tongue:

And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

[25] How forcible are right words!

But what doth your arguing reprove?

[26] Do ye imagine to reprove words,

And the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

[27] Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless,

And you dig a pit for your friend.

[28] Now therefore be content, look upon me;

For it is evident unto you if I lie.

[29] Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity;

Yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

[30] Is there iniquity in my tongue?

Cannot my taste discern perverse things?

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