Book of Job, Chapter 6
Job 6 ASV - American Standard VersionChapter 6 of Job—American Standard Version (ASV)
- ¶ Then Job answered and said,
- ¶ Oh that my vexation were but weighed,
¶ And all my calamity laid in the balances! - ¶ For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas:
¶ Therefore have my words been rash. - ¶ For the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
¶ The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up:
¶ The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. - ¶ Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass?
¶ Or loweth the ox over his fodder? - ¶ Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt?
¶ Or is there any taste in [a]the white of an egg? - ¶ [b]My soul refuseth to touch them;
¶ They are as loathsome food to me. - ¶ Oh that I might have my request;
¶ And that God would grant me the thing that I long for! - ¶ Even that it would please God to crush me;
¶ That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! - ¶ And be it still my consolation,
¶ [c]Yea, let me [d]exult in pain [e]that spareth not,
¶ That I have not [f]denied the words of the Holy One. - ¶ What is my strength, that I should wait?
¶ And what is mine end, that I should be patient? - ¶ Is my strength the strength of stones?
¶ Or is my flesh of brass? - ¶ Is it not that I have no help in me,
¶ And that wisdom is driven quite from me? - ¶ To him that is ready to faint kindness should be showed from his friend;
¶ [g]Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. - ¶ My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook,
¶ As the channel of brooks that pass away; - ¶ Which are black by reason of the ice,
¶ And wherein the snow hideth itself: - ¶ What time they [h]wax warm, they vanish;
¶ When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. - ¶ [i]The caravans that travel by the way of them turn aside;
¶ They go up into the waste, and perish. - ¶ The caravans of Tema looked,
¶ The companies of Sheba waited for them. - ¶ They were put to shame because they had hoped;
¶ They came thither, and were confounded. - ¶ For now ye [j]are nothing;
¶ Ye see a terror, and are afraid. - ¶ Did I say, Give unto me?
¶ Or, Offer a present for me of your substance? - ¶ Or, Deliver me from the adversary’s hand?
¶ Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors? - ¶ Teach me, and I will hold my peace;
¶ And cause me to understand wherein I have erred. - ¶ How forcible are words of uprightness!
¶ But your reproof, what doth it reprove? - ¶ Do ye think to reprove words,
¶ Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are [k]as wind? - ¶ Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless,
¶ And make merchandise of your friend. - ¶ Now therefore be pleased to look upon me;
¶ [l]For surely I shall not lie to your face. - ¶ Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice;
¶ Yea, return again, [m]my cause is righteous. - ¶ Is there injustice on my tongue?
¶ Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Or, the juice of purslain
- ^ Or, What things my soul refused to touch, these are as my loathsome food
- ^ Or, Though I shrink back
- ^ Or, harden myself
- ^ Or, though he spare not
- ^ Or, concealed
- ^ Or, Else might he forsake. Or, But he forsaketh
- ^ Or, shrink
- ^ Or, The paths of their way are turned aside
- ^ Another reading is, are like thereto.
- ^ Or, for the wind
- ^ Or, And it will be evident unto you if I lie
- ^ Hebrew my righteousness is in it.
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