New American Standard Bible 1995

Job 6:11-30

11WhatH4100 is my strengthH3581, that I should waitH3176? And whatH4100 is my endH7093, that I should 1 2endureH748 H5315?12Is my strengthH3581 the strengthH3581 of stonesH68, OrH518 is my fleshH1320 bronzeH5153?13Is it that my 3helpH5833 is not within me, And that 4 5deliveranceH8454 is drivenH5080 from me?

14“For the 6despairingH4523 manH4523 there should be kindnessH2617 from his friendH7453; So that he does not 7forsakeH5800 the 8fearH3374 of the AlmightyH7706.15My brothersH251 have actedH898 9deceitfullyH898 likeH3644 a 10wadiH5158, Like the torrentsH650 of 11wadisH5158 which vanishH5674,16Which are turbidH6937 becauseH4480 of iceH7140 And into which the snowH7950 12meltsH5956.17WhenH6256 13they becomeH2215 waterlessH2215, they 14are silentH6789, When it is hotH2552, they vanishH1846 from their placeH4725.18The 15pathsH734 of their courseH1870 windH3943 alongH3943, They goH5927 up into nothingH8414 and perishH6.19The caravansH734 of 16TemaH8485 lookedH5027, The travelersH1979 of 17ShebaH7614 hopedH6960 for them.20They 18were 19disappointedH954 for they had trustedH982, They cameH935 thereH5704 and were confoundedH2659.21IndeedH3588, you have nowH6258 becomeH1961 suchH3808, 20You seeH7200 a terrorH2866 and are afraidH3372.22Have I saidH559, ‘GiveH3051 me something,’ Or, ‘OfferH7809 a bribeH7809 for me from your wealthH3581,’23Or, ‘DeliverH4422 me from the handH3027 of the adversaryH6862,’ Or, ‘RedeemH6299 me from the handH3027 of the tyrantsH6184’?

24“TeachH3384 me, and 21I will be silentH2790; And showH995 me howH4100 I have erredH7686.25HowH4100 painfulH4834 are honestH3476 wordsH561! But whatH4100 does your argumentH3198 proveH3198?26Do you intendH2803 to reproveH3198 my wordsH561, When the 22wordsH561 of one in despairH2976 belong to the windH7307?27You would evenH637 23castH5307 lots for 24the orphansH3490 And 25barterH3739 overH5921 your friendH7453.28NowH6258 pleaseH2974 lookH6437 at me, And see ifH518 I 26lieH3576 to your faceH6440.29DesistH7725 nowH4994, let there be noH408 injusticeH5767; Even desistH7725, 27my righteousnessH6664 is yetH5750 in it.30Is thereH3426 injusticeH5767 on my tongueH3956? CannotH3808 28my palateH2441 discernH995 29calamitiesH1942?

Notes

1. Job 6:11 Lit prolong my soul ↩
2. Job 6:11 Job 21:4 ↩
3. Job 6:13 Job 26:2 ↩
4. Job 6:13 So ancient versions ↩
5. Job 6:13 Job 26:3 ↩
6. Job 6:14 Job 4:5 ↩
7. Job 6:14 Job 1:5; 15:4 ↩
8. Job 6:14 Or reverence ↩
9. Job 6:15 Jer 15:18 ↩
10. Job 6:15 Or brooks ↩
11. Job 6:15 Or brooks ↩
12. Job 6:16 Lit hides itself ↩
13. Job 6:17 Job 24:19 ↩
14. Job 6:17 Or cease ↩
15. Job 6:18 Or caravans turn from their course, they go up into the waste and perish ↩
16. Job 6:19 Gen 25:15; Is 21:14; Jer 25:23 ↩
17. Job 6:19 Job 1:15 ↩
18. Job 6:20 Jer 14:3 ↩
19. Job 6:20 Lit ashamed ↩
20. Job 6:21 Ps 38:11 ↩
21. Job 6:24 Ps 39:1 ↩
22. Job 6:26 Job 8:2; 15:2; 16:3 ↩
23. Job 6:27 Joel 3:3; Nah 3:10 ↩
24. Job 6:27 Job 22:9; 24:3, 9 ↩
25. Job 6:27 2 Pet 2:3 ↩
26. Job 6:28 Job 27:4; 33:3; 36:4 ↩
27. Job 6:29 Job 13:18; 19:6; 23:10; 27:5, 6; 34:5; 42:1-6 ↩
28. Job 6:30 Job 12:11 ↩
29. Job 6:30 Or words ↩