Job 6
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| 1 | But Iob answered, and sayd, |
| 2 | Oh that my griefe were throughly weighed, and my calamitie layd in the balances together. |
| 3 | For now it would be heauier then the sand of the sea, therefore my words are swallowed vp. |
| 4 | For the arrowes of the Almightie are within me, the poyson whereof drinketh vp my spirit: the terrors of God doe set themselues in aray against mee. |
| 5 | Doeth the wilde asse bray when he hath grasse? or loweth the oxe ouer his fodder? |
| 6 | Can that which is vnsauery, bee eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egge? |
| 7 | The things that my soule refused to touch, are as my sorrowfull meat. |
| 8 | O that I might haue my request! and that God would graunt mee the thing that I long for! |
| 9 | Euen that it would please God to destroy mee, that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off. |
| 10 | Then should I yet haue comfort, yea I would harden my selfe in sorrow; let him not spare, for I haue not concealed the words of the holy One. |
| 11 | What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine ende, that I should prolong my life? |
| 12 | Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brasse? |
| 13 | Is not my helpe in me? and is wisedome driuen quite from me? |
| 14 | To him that is afflicted, pitie should be shewed from his friend; But he forsaketh the feare of the Almighty. |
| 15 | My brethren haue delt deceitfully as a brooke, & as the streame of brookes they passe away, |
| 16 | Which are blackish by reason of the yce, and wherein the snow is hid: |
| 17 | What time they waxe warme, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. |
| 18 | The pathes of their way are turned aside; they goe to nothing, and perish. |
| 19 | The troupes of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. |
| 20 | They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. |
| 21 | For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting downe, and are afraid. |
| 22 | Did I say, Bring vnto mee? or giue a reward for me of your substance? |
| 23 | Or deliuer me from the enemies hand, or redeeme me from the hand of the mighty? |
| 24 | Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause mee to vnderstand wherein I haue erred. |
| 25 | How forcible are right wordes? but what doeth your arguing reproue? |
| 26 | Do ye imagine to reproue words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as winde? |
| 27 | Yea, ye ouerwhelme the fatherlesse, and you digge a pit for your friend. |
| 28 | Now therefore be content, looke vpon mee, for it is euident vnto you, if I lie. |
| 29 | Returne, I pray you, let it not be iniquitie; yea returne againe: my righteousnesse is in it. |
| 30 | Is there iniquitie in my tongue? cannot my taste discerne peruerse things? |