Job 6
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Job 6
Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just
1Then Job answered:
2 #
Job 31.6
“O that my vexation were weighed
and all my calamity laid in the balances!
3 #
Prov 27.3
For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea;
therefore my words have been rash.
4 #
Job 21.20; Ps 38.2; 88.15 For the arrows of the Almighty#6.4 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai are in me;
my spirit drinks their poison;
the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
5Does the wild ass bray over its grass
or the ox low over its fodder?
6Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt,
or is there any flavor in the juice of mallows?#6.6 Meaning of Heb uncertain
7My appetite refuses to touch them;
they are like food that is loathsome to me.#6.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain
8 #
Job 14.13
“O that I might have my request
and that God would grant my desire,
9 #
1 Kings 19.4
that it would please God to crush me,
that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
10 #
Lev 19.2; Job 23.11, 12; Isa 57.15; Hos 11.9 This would be my consolation;
I would even exult#6.10 Meaning of Heb uncertain in unrelenting pain,
for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11 #
Job 21.4
What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should be patient?
12Is my strength the strength of stones,
or is my flesh bronze?
13 #
Job 26.2, 3 In truth I have no help in me,
and any resource is driven from me.
14“Those who withhold#6.14 Syr Vg Compare Tg: Meaning of Heb uncertain kindness from a friend
forsake the fear of the Almighty.#6.14 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
15 #
Ps 38.11; Jer 15.18 My companions are treacherous like a torrent bed,
like swollen streams that pass away,
16that run dark with ice,
turbid with melting snow.
17 #
Job 24.19
In time of heat they disappear;
when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
18The caravans turn aside from their course;
they go up into the waste and perish.
19 #
Gen 25.15; 1 Kings 10.1; Isa 21.14 The caravans of Tema look;
the travelers of Sheba hope.
20 #
Jer 14.3
They are disappointed because they were confident;
they come there and are confounded.
21Such you have now become to me;#6.21 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Meaning of Heb uncertain
you see my calamity and are afraid.
22Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’?
Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’?
23Or, ‘Save me from an opponent’s hand’?
Or, ‘Ransom me from the hand of oppressors’?
24“Teach me, and I will be silent;
make me understand how I have gone wrong.
25 #
Eccl 12.10, 11 How forceful are honest words!
But your reproof, what does it reprove?
26 #
Job 8.2
Do you think that you can reprove words,
as if the speech of the desperate were wind?
27 #
Joel 3.3; 2 Pet 2.3 You would even cast lots over the orphan
and bargain over your friend.
28 #
Job 27.4
“But now, be pleased to look at me,
for I will not lie to your face.
29Turn, I pray; let no wrong be done.
Turn now; my vindication is at stake.
30 #
Job 12.11; 27.4 Is there any wrong on my tongue?
Cannot my taste discern calamity?
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Job 6
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Job 6
Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just
1Then Job answered:
2 #
Job 31.6
“O that my vexation were weighed
and all my calamity laid in the balances!
3 #
Prov 27.3
For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea;
therefore my words have been rash.
4 #
Job 21.20; Ps 38.2; 88.15 For the arrows of the Almighty#6.4 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai are in me;
my spirit drinks their poison;
the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
5Does the wild ass bray over its grass
or the ox low over its fodder?
6Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt,
or is there any flavor in the juice of mallows?#6.6 Meaning of Heb uncertain
7My appetite refuses to touch them;
they are like food that is loathsome to me.#6.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain
8 #
Job 14.13
“O that I might have my request
and that God would grant my desire,
9 #
1 Kings 19.4
that it would please God to crush me,
that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
10 #
Lev 19.2; Job 23.11, 12; Isa 57.15; Hos 11.9 This would be my consolation;
I would even exult#6.10 Meaning of Heb uncertain in unrelenting pain,
for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11 #
Job 21.4
What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should be patient?
12Is my strength the strength of stones,
or is my flesh bronze?
13 #
Job 26.2, 3 In truth I have no help in me,
and any resource is driven from me.
14“Those who withhold#6.14 Syr Vg Compare Tg: Meaning of Heb uncertain kindness from a friend
forsake the fear of the Almighty.#6.14 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
15 #
Ps 38.11; Jer 15.18 My companions are treacherous like a torrent bed,
like swollen streams that pass away,
16that run dark with ice,
turbid with melting snow.
17 #
Job 24.19
In time of heat they disappear;
when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
18The caravans turn aside from their course;
they go up into the waste and perish.
19 #
Gen 25.15; 1 Kings 10.1; Isa 21.14 The caravans of Tema look;
the travelers of Sheba hope.
20 #
Jer 14.3
They are disappointed because they were confident;
they come there and are confounded.
21Such you have now become to me;#6.21 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Meaning of Heb uncertain
you see my calamity and are afraid.
22Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’?
Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’?
23Or, ‘Save me from an opponent’s hand’?
Or, ‘Ransom me from the hand of oppressors’?
24“Teach me, and I will be silent;
make me understand how I have gone wrong.
25 #
Eccl 12.10, 11 How forceful are honest words!
But your reproof, what does it reprove?
26 #
Job 8.2
Do you think that you can reprove words,
as if the speech of the desperate were wind?
27 #
Joel 3.3; 2 Pet 2.3 You would even cast lots over the orphan
and bargain over your friend.
28 #
Job 27.4
“But now, be pleased to look at me,
for I will not lie to your face.
29Turn, I pray; let no wrong be done.
Turn now; my vindication is at stake.
30 #
Job 12.11; 27.4 Is there any wrong on my tongue?
Cannot my taste discern calamity?
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