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Job 6 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:1 - Then Job answered and said:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2 - “Oh that my vexation were weighed,
and all my calamity laid in the balances!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:3 - For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea;
therefore my words have been rash.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:4 - For the arrows of the Almighty are in me;
my spirit drinks their poison;
the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:5 - Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass,
or the ox low over his fodder?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:6 - Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt,
or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:7 - My appetite refuses to touch them;
they are as food that is loathsome to me.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:8 - “Oh that I might have my request,
and that God would fulfill my hope,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:9 - that it would please God to crush me,
that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:10 - This would be my comfort;
I would even exult[fn] in pain unsparing,
for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:11 - What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should be patient?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:12 - Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:13 - Have I any help in me,
when resource is driven from me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:14 - “He who withholds[fn] kindness from a friend
forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:15 - My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed,
as torrential streams that pass away,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:16 - which are dark with ice,
and where the snow hides itself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:17 - When they melt, they disappear;
when it is hot, they vanish from their place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:18 - The caravans turn aside from their course;
they go up into the waste and perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:19 - The caravans of Tema look,
the travelers of Sheba hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:20 - They are ashamed because they were confident;
they come there and are disappointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:21 - For you have now become nothing;
you see my calamity and are afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:22 - Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’?
Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:23 - Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’?
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:24 - “Teach me, and I will be silent;
make me understand how I have gone astray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:25 - How forceful are upright words!
But what does reproof from you reprove?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:26 - Do you think that you can reprove words,
when the speech of a despairing man is wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:27 - You would even cast lots over the fatherless,
and bargain over your friend.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:28 - “But now, be pleased to look at me,
for I will not lie to your face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:29 - Please turn; let no injustice be done.
Turn now; my vindication is at stake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30 - Is there any injustice on my tongue?
Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity?
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The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
Syriac, Vulgate (compare Targum); the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
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