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’s Second Speech: A Response to Eliphaz
1 Then#Hebrew “And” Job answered and said,
2“If only my vexation could be well weighed,
and my calamity could be lifted up together with it in the balances,
3for then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas;
therefore my words have been rash,
4for the arrows of Shaddai are in me;
my spirit drinks their poison;
the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
5Does the wild ass bray over grass,
or the ox bellow over its fodder?
6Can tasteless food be eaten without#Hebrew “from without” salt,
or is there taste in the white of a marshmallow plant?
7I refused#Literally “My soul/throat refuses” to touch them;
they are like food that will make me ill.#Literally “the illness of my bread/food”
8“O that#Literally “Who would give” my request may come,
and that God may grant my hope,
9that#Hebrew “and” God would decide that#Hebrew “and” he would crush me,
that he would let loose his hand and kill me.#Literally “he would cut me off”
10But#Hebrew “And” it will still be my consolation,
and I would recoil in unrelenting#Literally “he/it does not have compassion,” or “he/it does not have pity,” or “he/it does not spare” pain,
for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should hold out?#Literally “I should make my self long,” or “I should lengthen my self”
12Or is my strength like the strength of stones?
Or is my flesh bronze?
13Indeed,#An interrogative marker plus “if” my help is not in me,
and any success is driven from me.
14“Loyal love#Or “Kindness” should come for the afflicted from his friend,
even if#Hebrew “and” he forsakes the fear of Shaddai.
15My companions are treacherous like a torrent-bed;
like a streambed of wadis#A seasonal stream that is often dry they flow away,
16which are growing dark because of ice upon them,
it will pile up snow.
17In time they dry up, they disappear;
when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
18The paths of their way wind around;
they go up into the wasteland, and they perish.
19The caravans of Tema looked;
the traveling merchants of Sheba hope for them.
20They are disappointed, because they trusted;
they came here#Literally “up to it” and they are confounded.
21“For now you#Plural throughout the rest of this chapter have become such;#Literally “to it,” or “for it”
you see terrors, and you fear.
22Is it because I have said, ‘Give to me,’
or,#Hebrew “and” ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth’?
23or,#Hebrew “and” ‘Save me from the foe’s hand,’
or,#Hebrew “And” ‘Ransom me from the tyrants’ hand’?
24Teach me, and I myself#Emphatic personal pronoun will be silent;
and make me understand how I have gone astray.
25How painful are upright words!#Literally “words of uprightness”
But#Hebrew “And” what does your reproof#Literally “reproving from you” reprove?
26Do you intend to reprove my words#Or “Do you intend to reprove with words”
and consider the words of a desperate man as wind?
27Even over the orphan you would cast the lot,
and you would bargain over your friend.
28“Therefore#Literally “And now,” or “And so then” be prepared, turn to me,
and I surely will not lie to your face.#Hebrew “faces”
29Please turn, let no injustice happen;
indeed,#Hebrew “and” turn, my righteousness is still intact.#Literally “still my righteousness is in it”
30Is there injustice on my tongue?
Or can my palate not discern calamity?#Or “calamities”
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