Job 6
6
Job’s Second Speech: A Response to Eliphaz
1Then Job spoke again:
2“If my misery could be weighed
and my troubles be put on the scales,
3they would outweigh all the sands of the sea.
That is why I spoke impulsively.
4For the Almighty has struck me down with his arrows.
Their poison infects my spirit.
God’s terrors are lined up against me.
5Don’t I have a right to complain?
Don’t wild donkeys bray when they find no grass,
and oxen bellow when they have no food?
6Don’t people complain about unsalted food?
Does anyone want the tasteless white of an egg?#6:6 Or the tasteless juice of the mallow plant?
7My appetite disappears when I look at it;
I gag at the thought of eating it!
8“Oh, that I might have my request,
that God would grant my desire.
9I wish he would crush me.
I wish he would reach out his hand and kill me.
10At least I can take comfort in this:
Despite the pain,
I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11But I don’t have the strength to endure.
I have nothing to live for.
12Do I have the strength of a stone?
Is my body made of bronze?
13No, I am utterly helpless,
without any chance of success.
14“One should be kind to a fainting friend,
but you accuse me without any fear of the Almighty.#6:14 Or friend, / or he might lose his fear of the Almighty.
15My brothers, you have proved as unreliable as a seasonal brook
that overflows its banks in the spring
16when it is swollen with ice and melting snow.
17But when the hot weather arrives, the water disappears.
The brook vanishes in the heat.
18The caravans turn aside to be refreshed,
but there is nothing to drink, so they die.
19The caravans from Tema search for this water;
the travelers from Sheba hope to find it.
20They count on it but are disappointed.
When they arrive, their hopes are dashed.
21You, too, have given no help.
You have seen my calamity, and you are afraid.
22But why? Have I ever asked you for a gift?
Have I begged for anything of yours for myself?
23Have I asked you to rescue me from my enemies,
or to save me from ruthless people?
24Teach me, and I will keep quiet.
Show me what I have done wrong.
25Honest words can be painful,
but what do your criticisms amount to?
26Do you think your words are convincing
when you disregard my cry of desperation?
27You would even send an orphan into slavery#6:27 Hebrew even gamble over an orphan.
or sell a friend.
28Look at me!
Would I lie to your face?
29Stop assuming my guilt,
for I have done no wrong.
30Do you think I am lying?
Don’t I know the difference between right and wrong?
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Job 6
6
Job: My Complaint Is Just
1Then Job answered and said:
2“Oh, that my grief were fully weighed,
And my calamity laid with it on the scales!
3For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea—
Therefore my words have been rash.
4#Job 16:13; Ps. 38:2For the arrows of the Almighty are within me;
My spirit drinks in their poison;
#Ps. 88:15, 16The terrors of God are arrayed #Job 30:15against me.
5Does the #Job 39:5–8wild donkey bray when it has grass,
Or does the ox low over its fodder?
6Can flavorless food be eaten without salt?
Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7My soul refuses to touch them;
They are as loathsome food to me.
8“Oh, that I might have my request,
That God would grant me the thing that I long for!
9That it would please God to crush me,
That He would loose His hand and #Num. 11:15; 1 Kin. 19:4; Job 7:16; 9:21; 10:1cut me off!
10Then I would still have comfort;
Though in anguish I would exult,
He will not spare;
For #Acts 20:20I have not concealed the words of #(Lev. 19:2; Is. 57:15)the Holy One.
11“What strength do I have, that I should hope?
And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
12Is my strength the strength of stones?
Or is my flesh bronze?
13Is my help not within me?
And is success driven from me?
14“To#(Prov. 17:17) him who is afflicted, kindness should be shown by his friend,
Even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15#Ps. 38:11My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a brook,
#Jer. 15:18Like the streams of the brooks that pass away,
16Which are dark because of the ice,
And into which the snow vanishes.
17When it is warm, they cease to flow;
When it is hot, they vanish from their place.
18The paths of their way turn aside,
They go nowhere and perish.
19The caravans of #Gen. 25:15; Is. 21:14; Jer. 25:23Tema look,
The travelers of #1 Kin. 10:1; Ps. 72:10; Ezek. 27:22, 23Sheba hope for them.
20They are #Jer. 14:3disappointed because they were confident;
They come there and are confused.
21For now #Job 13:4you are nothing,
You see terror and #Ps. 38:11are afraid.
22Did I ever say, ‘Bring something to me’?
Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth’?
23Or, ‘Deliver me from the enemy’s hand’?
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of oppressors’?
24“Teach me, and I will hold my tongue;
Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25How forceful are right words!
But what does your arguing prove?
26Do you intend to rebuke my words,
And the speeches of a desperate one, which are as wind?
27Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless,
And you #Ps. 57:6undermine your friend.
28Now therefore, be pleased to look at me;
For I would never lie to your face.
29#Job 17:10Yield now, let there be no injustice!
Yes, concede, my #Job 27:5, 6; 34:5righteousness still stands!
30Is there injustice on my tongue?
Cannot my taste discern the unsavory?
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