Job 6
6
Job Answers Eliphaz
1Then Job answered:
2“I wish my suffering could be weighed
and my misery put on scales.
3My sadness would be heavier than the sand of the seas.
No wonder my words seem careless.
4The arrows of the Almighty are in me;
my spirit drinks in their poison;
God’s terrors are gathered against me.
5A wild donkey does not bray when it has grass to eat,
and an ox is quiet when it has feed.
6Tasteless food is not eaten without salt,
and there is no flavor in the white of an egg.
7I refuse to touch it;
such food makes me sick.
8“How I wish that I might have what I ask for
and that God would give me what I hope for.
9How I wish God would crush me
and reach out his hand to destroy me.
10Then I would have this comfort
and be glad even in this unending pain,
because I would know I did not reject the words of the Holy One.
11“I do not have the strength to wait.
There is nothing to hope for,
so why should I be patient?
12I do not have the strength of stone;
my flesh is not bronze.
13I have no power to help myself,
because success has been taken away from me.
14“They say, ‘A person’s friends should be kind to him when he is in trouble,
even if he stops fearing the Almighty.’
15But my brothers cannot be counted on.
They are like streams that do not always flow,
streams that sometimes run over.
16They are made dark by melting ice
and rise with melting snow.
17But they stop flowing in the dry season;
they disappear when it is hot.
18Travelers turn away from their paths
and go into the desert and die.
19The groups of travelers from Tema look for water,
and the traders of Sheba look hopefully.
20They are upset because they had been sure;
when they arrive, they are disappointed.
21You also have been no help.
You see something terrible, and you are afraid.
22I have never said, ‘Give me a gift.
Use your wealth to pay my debt.
23Save me from the enemy’s power.
Buy me back from the clutches of cruel people.’
24“Teach me, and I will be quiet.
Show me where I have been wrong.
25Honest words are painful,
but your arguments prove nothing.
26Do you mean to correct what I say?
Will you treat the words of a troubled man as if they were only wind?
27You would even gamble for orphans
and would trade away your friend.
28“But now please look at me.
I would not lie to your face.
29Change your mind; do not be unfair;
think again, because my innocence is being questioned.
30What I am saying is not wicked;
I can tell the difference between right and wrong.
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Job 6
6
Job defends his anger
1Job responded:
2Oh, that my grief were actually weighed,
all of it were lifted up in scales;
3for now it’s heavier than the sands of the sea;
therefore, my words are rash.#6.3 Heb uncertain
4The Almighty’s arrows are in me;
my spirit drinks their poison,
and God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
5Does a donkey bray over grass
or an ox bellow over its fodder?
6Is tasteless food eaten without salt,
or does egg white#6.6 Heb uncertain have taste?
7I refuse to touch them;
they resemble food for the sick.
He wishes to die
8Oh, that what I’ve requested would come
and God grant my hope;
9that God be willing to crush me,
release his hand and cut me off.
10I’d still take comfort,
relieved#6.10 Heb uncertain even though in persistent pain;
for I’ve not denied the words of the holy one.
11What is my strength, that I should hope;
my end, that my life should drag on?
12Is my strength that of rocks,
my flesh bronze?
13I don’t have a helper for myself;
success has been taken from me.
He accuses his friends
14Are friends loyal to the one who despairs,#6.14 Heb uncertain
or do they stop fearing the Almighty?
15My companions are treacherous like a stream in the desert,
like channels that overrun their streambeds,
16like those darkened by thawing ice,
in which snow is obscured
17but that stop flowing in dry times
and vanish from their channels in heat.
18Caravans turn aside from their paths;
they go up into untamed areas and perish.
19Caravans from Tema look;
merchants from Sheba hope for it.
20They are ashamed that they trusted;
they arrive and are dismayed.
21That’s what you are like;#6.21 Heb uncertain
you see something awful and are afraid.
He appeals to his friends
22Have I said, “Give me something?
Offer a bribe from your wealth for me?
23Rescue me from the hand of my enemy?
Ransom me from the grip of the ruthless?”
24Instruct me and I’ll be quiet;
inform me how I’ve erred.
25How painful are truthful words,
but what do your condemnations accomplish?
26Do you intend to correct my words,
to treat the words of a hopeless man as wind?
27Would you even gamble over an orphan,
barter away your friend?
28Now look at me—
would I lie to your face?
29Turn! Don’t be faithless.
Turn now! I am righteous.
30Is there wrong on my tongue,
or can my mouth not recognize disaster?
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