Job 6
American Standard Version
1Then JobH347 answered and saidH559,
2Oh that my vexation were but weighedH8254,And all my calamity laid in the balances!3For nowH6258 it would be heavierH3513 than the sandH2344 of the seasH3220:ThereforeH3651 have my wordsH1697 been rash.4For the arrowsH2671 of the AlmightyH7706 are within me,The poison whereof my spiritH7307 drinketh up:The terrorsH1161 of GodH433 do set themselves in array against me.5Doth the wildH6501 ass brayH5101 when he hath grassH1877?Or loweth the oxH7794 over his fodderH1098?6Can that which hath no savor be eatenH398 without saltH4417?Or is there any tasteH2940 in the white of an egg?7My soulH5315 refuseth to touchH5060 them;They are as loathsome foodH3899 to me.8Oh that I might have my request;And that GodH433 would grantmethe thing that I long for!9Even that it would please GodH433 to crushH1792 me;That he would let loose his handH3027, and cutH1214 me off!10And beH1961 it stillH5750 my consolation,Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not,That I have not denied the wordsH561 of the HolyH6918 OneH6918.11What is my strengthH3581, that I should waitH3176?And what is mine endH7093, that I should be patient?12Is my strengthH3581 the strengthH3581 of stonesH68?Or is my fleshH1320 of brass?13Is it not that I have no helpH5833 in me,And that wisdomH8454 is drivenH5080 quite from me?14To him that is ready to faint kindness should be showed from his friendH7453;Even to him that forsaketh the fearH3374 of the AlmightyH7706.15My brethren have dealtH898 deceitfully as a brook,As the channel of brooks that passH5674 awayH5674;16Which are black by reason of the iceH7140,And wherein the snowH7950 hideth itself:17What timeH6256 they wax warm, they vanish;When it is hot, they are consumed out of their placeH4725.18The caravansthat travelby the wayH1870 of them turn aside;They goH5927 up into the waste, and perishH6.19The caravans of TemaH8485 lookedH5027,The companies of ShebaH7614 waited for them.20They were putH954 to shameH954 because they had hoped;They cameH935 thither, and were confounded.21For nowH6258 ye areH1961 nothing;Ye seeH7200 a terror, and areH1961 afraidH3372.22Did I sayH559, GiveH3051 unto me?Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?23Or, DeliverH4422 me from the adversary’s handH3027?Or, RedeemH6299 me from the handH3027 of the oppressors?24TeachH3384 me, and I will hold my peace;And cause me to understandH995 wherein I have erredH7686.25HowH4100 forcible are wordsH561 of uprightnessH3476!But your reproof, what doth it reproveH3198?26Do ye think to reproveH3198 wordsH561,Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as windH7307?27Yea, ye would castH5307lotsupon the fatherlessH3490,And make merchandise of your friendH7453.28NowH6258 thereforeH6258 be pleased to look upon me;For surely I shall not lieH3576 to your faceH6440.29ReturnH7725, I pray you, let there beH1961 no injusticeH5766;Yea, returnH7725 againH5750, my cause is righteous.30Is there injusticeH5766 on my tongueH3956?Cannot my taste discernH995 mischievous things?
Commentaries on Job 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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