Job 6 — GNB
6Verse 1Then Job answered and said:Verse 2O that my grief were weighed thoroughly! That my calamities were put together in the balance!Verse 3Surely they would be heavier than the sand of the sea; On this account were my words rash.Verse 4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; Their poison drinketh up my spirit; The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.Verse 5Doth the wild ass bray in the midst of grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?Verse 6Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?Verse 7That which my soul abhorreth to touch Hath become my loathsome food.Verse 8O that I might have my request, And that God would grant me that which I long for!Verse 9That it would please God to destroy me; That he would let loose his hand, and make an end of me!Verse 10Yet it should still be my consolation, Yea, in unsparing anguish I would exult, That I have not denied the commands of the Holy One.Verse 11What is my strength, that I should hope? And what mine end, that I should be patient?Verse 12Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh brass?Verse 13Alas, there is no help within me! Deliverance is driven from me!Verse 14To the afflicted, kindness should be shown by a friend; Else he casteth off the fear of the Almighty.Verse 15But my brethren are faithless like a brook; Like streams of the valley that pass away;Verse 16Which are turbid by reason of the ice, And the snow, which hideth itself in them.Verse 17As soon as they flow forth, they vanish; When the heat cometh, they are dried up from their place.Verse 18The caravans turn aside to them on their way; They go up into the desert, and perish.Verse 19The caravans of Tema look for them; The companies of Sheba expect to see them;Verse 20They are ashamed that they have relied on them; They come to their place, and are confounded.Verse 21So ye also are nothing; Ye see a terror, and shrink back.Verse 22Have I said, Bring me gifts? Or, Give a present for me out of your substance?Verse 23Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? Or, Rescue me from the hand of the violent?Verse 24Convince me, and I will hold my peace; Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.Verse 25How powerful are the words of truth! But what do your reproaches prove?Verse 26Do ye mean to censure words? The words of a man in despair are but wind.Verse 27Truly ye spread a net for the fatherless; Ye dig a pit for your friend.Verse 28Look now upon me, I pray you; For to your very face can I speak falsehood?Verse 29Return, I pray, and let there be no unfairness; Yea, return;—still is my cause righteous.Verse 30Is there iniquity on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern what is sinful?