Job 6 - Meaning & Verses

"But Job answered and said,"

"Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! {laid: Heb. lifted up}"

"For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. {my words...: that is, I want words to express my grief}"

"For the arrows of the Almighty {are} within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: 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? {when he...: Heb. at grass?}"

"Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there {any} taste in the white of an egg?"

"The things {that} my soul refused to touch {are} as my sorrowful meat."

"Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant {me} the thing that I long for! {the thing...: Heb. my expectation}"

"Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!"

"Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One."

"What {is} my strength, that I should hope? and what {is} mine end, that I should prolong my life?"

"{Is} my strength the strength of stones? or {is} my flesh of brass? {of brass: Heb. brasen?}"

"{Is} not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?"

"To him that is afflicted pity {should be shewed} from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. {is afflicted: Heb. melteth}"

"My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, {and} as the stream of brooks they pass away;"

"Which are blackish by reason of the ice, {and} wherein the snow is hid:"

"What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. {vanish: Heb. are cut off} {when...: Heb. in the heat thereof} {consumed: Heb. extinguished}"

"The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish."

"The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them."

"They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed."

"For now ye are nothing; ye see {my} casting down, and are afraid. {ye are...: or, ye are like to them: Heb. to it} {nothing: Heb. not}"

"Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?"

"Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?"

"Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred."

"How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?"

"Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, {which are} as wind?"

"Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig {a pit} for your friend. {ye overwhelm: Heb. ye cause to fall upon}"

"Now therefore be content, look upon me; for {it is} evident unto you if I lie. {evident...: Heb. before your face}"

"Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness {is} in it. {in it: that is, in this matter}"

"Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? {my taste: Heb. my palate}"