2.
Job's vindication
6:1—7:21
Job 6
:1
6:1
Then Job
1answered and said,
Job 6
:2
6:2
Oh that my
1vexation were weighed indeed,
And that my ruin were lifted onto the scales together with
it!
Job 6
:3
6:3
For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas;
Therefore my words have been rash.
Job 6
:4
6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty are in me,
The poison of which my spirit drinks up;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Job 6
:5
6:5
Does the wild ass bray over
its grass?
Or does the ox low over its fodder?
Job 6
:6
6:6
Is what is savorless eaten without salt?
Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Job 6
:7
6:7
My soul refuses to touch
them;
They are like putrid food to me.
Job 6
:8
6:8
Oh that I might have my request,
And that God would grant
me what I long for;
Job 6
:9
6:9
That God would be willing to crush me;
That He would release His hand and cut me off!
Job 6
:10
6:10
Then there would still be comfort for me;
And I would exult,
even in writhing pain that does not spare,
That I did not
1deny the words of the
aHoly One.
Job 6
:11
6:11
What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should be patient?
Job 6
:12
6:12
Is my strength the strength of stones?
Or is my flesh bronze?
Job 6
:13
6:13
Is there any help for me at all within me,
And has wisdom been driven away from me?
Job 6
:14
6:14
To him who is fainting
there should be kindness from his friend,
Else he will forsake the fear of the Almighty.
Job 6
:15
6:15
My brothers have dealt as treacherously as a desert
abrook,
As the rivulets of the desert brooks that pass away,
Job 6
:16
6:16
Which are turbid because of the ice,
And into which the snow hides itself.
Job 6
:17
6:17
When they are scorched, they are completely consumed;
When it is hot, they are dried up from their place.
Job 6
:18
6:18
Caravans divert their ways
for them;
They go up into the waste and perish.
Job 6
:19
6:19
The caravans of Tema look for them;
The companies of Sheba long for them.
Job 6
:20
6:20
They are put to shame because they are confident;
They go there and are confounded.
Job 6
:21
6:21
So now you have become such;
You see a terrible thing and are afraid.
Job 6
:22
6:22
Have I said, Give me
something?
Or, Pay a bribe for me out of your wealth?
Job 6
:23
6:23
Or, Deliver me from the hand of the adversary?
Or, From the hand of the oppressors redeem me?
Job 6
:24
6:24
Teach me, and I will be silent;
Cause me to understand how I have erred.
Job 6
:25
6:25
How forceful are upright words!
But what does
this reproving from you reprove?
Job 6
:26
6:26
Do you think you can reprove words?
But the words of a desperate man are for the wind.
Job 6
:27
6:27
You would even cast
lots over the orphan
And bargain over your friend.
Job 6
:28
6:28
Now then be pleased to look upon me,
For surely I will not lie to your face.
Job 6
:29
6:29
Turn now; let there be no injustice.
Indeed turn; my righteousness is still here.
Job 6
:30
6:30
Is there any injustice on my tongue?
Can my palate not discern calamities?
