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Job 6 :: New English Translation (NET)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:1 - Then Job responded:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2 - "Oh, if only my grief could be weighed, and my misfortune laid on the scales too!
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:3 - But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:4 - For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God's sudden terrors are arrayed against me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:5 - "Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox low near its fodder?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:6 - Can food that is tasteless be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:7 - I have refused to touch such things; they are like loathsome food to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:8 - "Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what I long for!
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:9 - And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:10 - Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:11 - What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:12 - Is my strength like that of stones? or is my flesh made of bronze?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:13 - Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been driven from me?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:14 - "To the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:15 - My brothers have been as treacherous as a seasonal stream, and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams that flow away.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:16 - They are dark because of ice; snow is piled up over them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:17 - When they are scorched, they dry up, when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:18 - Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:19 - The caravans of Tema looked intently for these streams; the traveling merchants of Sheba hoped for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:20 - They were distressed, because each one had been so confident; they arrived there, but were disappointed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:21 - For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:22 - "Have I ever said, 'Give me something, and from your fortune make gifts in my favor'?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:23 - Or 'Deliver me from the enemy's power, and from the hand of tyrants ransom me'?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:24 - "Teach me and I, for my part, will be silent; explain to me how I have been mistaken.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:25 - How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:26 - Do you intend to criticize mere words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:27 - Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:28 - "Now then, be good enough to look at me; and I will not lie to your face!
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:29 - Relent, let there be no falsehood; reconsider, for my righteousness is intact!
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30 - Is there any falsehood on my lips? Can my mouth not discern evil things?
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