Job 6:1 (WEB)
Then Job answered,

Job 6:2 (WEB)
"Oh that my anguish were weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!

Job 6:3 (WEB)
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, Therefore have my words been rash.

Job 6:4 (WEB)
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.

Job 6:5 (WEB)
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?

Job 6:6 (WEB)
Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

Job 6:7 (WEB)
My soul refuses to touch them; They are as loathsome food to me.

Job 6:8 (WEB)
"Oh that I might have my request; That God would grant the thing that I long for!

Job 6:9 (WEB)
Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

Job 6:10 (WEB)
Be it still my consolation, Yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't spare, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

Job 6:11 (WEB)
What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?

Job 6:12 (WEB)
Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?

Job 6:13 (WEB)
Isn't it that I have no help in me, That wisdom is driven quite from me?

Job 6:14 (WEB)
"To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; Even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Job 6:15 (WEB)
My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;

Job 6:16 (WEB)
Which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself:

Job 6:17 (WEB)
In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

Job 6:18 (WEB)
The caravans that travel beside them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.

Job 6:19 (WEB)
The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them.

Job 6:20 (WEB)
They were distressed because they were confident; They came there, and were confounded.

Job 6:21 (WEB)
For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid.

Job 6:22 (WEB)
Did I say, 'Give to me?' Or, 'Offer a present for me from your substance?'

Job 6:23 (WEB)
Or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand?' Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?'

Job 6:24 (WEB)
"Teach me, and I will hold my peace; Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

Job 6:25 (WEB)
How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?

Job 6:26 (WEB)
Do you intend to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?

Job 6:27 (WEB)
Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.

Job 6:28 (WEB)
Now therefore be pleased to look at me, For surely I shall not lie to your face.

Job 6:29 (WEB)
Please return. Let there be no injustice; Yes, return again, my cause is righteous.

Job 6:30 (WEB)
Is there injustice on my tongue? Can't my taste discern mischievous things?
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