New American Standard Bible 1995

Job 6:1-13

1Then Job 1answered,2“2Oh that my grief were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my calamity!3For then it would be 3heavier than the sand of the seas; Therefore my words have been rash.4For the 4arrows of the Almighty are within me, 5Their 6poison my spirit drinks; The 7terrors of God are arrayed against me.5Does the 8wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his fodder?6Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the 9white of an egg?7My soul 10refuses to touch them; They are like loathsome food to me.

8“Oh that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my longing!9Would that God were 11willing to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off!10But it is still my consolation, And I rejoice in unsparing pain, That I 12have not 13denied the words of the Holy One.11What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should 14 15endure?12Is my strength the strength of stones, Or is my flesh bronze?13Is it that my 16help is not within me, And that 17 18deliverance is driven from me?

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Notes

1. Job 6:1 Lit answered and said ↩
2. Job 6:2 Job 31:6 ↩
3. Job 6:3 Job 23:2 ↩
4. Job 6:4 Job 16:13; Ps 38:2 ↩
5. Job 6:4 Lit Whose ↩
6. Job 6:4 Job 20:16; 21:20 ↩
7. Job 6:4 Job 30:15 ↩
8. Job 6:5 Job 39:5-8 ↩
9. Job 6:6 Heb hallamuth, meaning uncertain. Perhaps the juice of a plant ↩
10. Job 6:7 Job 3:24; 33:20 ↩
11. Job 6:9 Num 11:15; 1 Kin 19:4; Job 7:16; 9:21; 10:1 ↩
12. Job 6:10 Job 22:22; 23:11, 12 ↩
13. Job 6:10 Lit hidden ↩
14. Job 6:11 Lit prolong my soul ↩
15. Job 6:11 Job 21:4 ↩
16. Job 6:13 Job 26:2 ↩
17. Job 6:13 So ancient versions ↩
18. Job 6:13 Job 26:3 ↩

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