Job 6

Job 6:1 Then Job answered. This is what he said:

Job 6:2 If only my grief could be weighed and my devastation along with it on the scales.

Job 6:3 Because then it would outweigh the sand of the seas! That is why my words are stammering.

Job 6:4 Because the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my breath drinks their poison. God’s terrors are layered against me.

Job 6:5 Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass or an ox low over its fodder?

Job 6:6 Is bland food eaten without salt? Is there favor in an egg white?

Job 6:7 My throat refuses to touch them; they are like contaminated food.

Job 6:8 If only my request would be granted, and God would provide what I hope for:

Job 6:9 that he would decide to crush me, to unleash his power and cut me off!

Job 6:10 It would still bring me comfort, and I would leap for joy in unrelenting pain that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

Job 6:11 What strength do I have, that I should continue to hope? What is my future, that my throat should keep breathing?

Job 6:12 Is my strength that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?

Job 6:13 Since I cannot help myself, the hope for success has been banished from me.

Job 6:14 A despairing man should receive loyalty from his friends, even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty.

Job 6:15 My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi, as seasonal streams that overflow

Job 6:16 and become darkened because of ice, and the snow melts into them.

Job 6:17 The wadis evaporate in warm weather; they disappear from their channels in hot weather.

Job 6:18 Caravans turn away from their routes, go up into the desert, and are destroyed.

Job 6:19 The caravans of Tema look for these streams. The traveling merchants of Sheba hope for them.

Job 6:20 They are ashamed because they had been confident of finding water. When they arrive there, they are disappointed.

Job 6:21 So this is what you have now become to me. When you see something dreadful, you are afraid.

Job 6:22 Have I ever said: “Give me something” or “Pay a bribe for me from your wealth”

Job 6:23 or “Deliver me from the enemy’s hand” or “Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless”?

Job 6:24 Teach me, and I will be silent. Please help me understand what I did wrong.

Job 6:25 How painful honest words can be! But what does your rebuke prove?

Job 6:26 Do you think that you can disprove my words or that a despairing man’s words are mere breath?

Job 6:27 No doubt you would cast lots for a fatherless child and negotiate a price to sell your friend.

Job 6:28 But now, please look at me; I will not lie to your face.

Job 6:29 Reconsider; don’t be unjust. Reconsider; my righteousness is still the issue.

Job 6:30 Is there injustice on my tongue or can my palate not taste disaster?

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