Job 6 — American Standard Version

Then Job answered and said,● Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!● For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash.● For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.● Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?● Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?● My soul refuseth to touch `them'; They are as loathsome food to me.● Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant `me' the thing that I long for!● Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!● And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.● What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient?● Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?● Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?● To him that is ready to faint kindness `should be showed' from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.● My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;● Which are black by reason of the ice, `And' wherein the snow hideth itself:● What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.● The caravans `that travel' by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.● The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them.● They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded.● For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid.● Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?● Or, Deliver me from the adversary's hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?● Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.● How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what doth it reprove?● Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?● Yea, ye would cast `lots' upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.● Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; For surely I shall not lie to your face.● Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.● Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?●