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6:1  1 Job answereth, that his pain is more grievous than his fault. 8 He wisheth death. 14 He complaineth of his friends. But Job answered and said,
6:2  Oh that my grief were well weighed, and my miseries were laid together in the balance!
6:3  For it would be now heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
6:4  For the arrows of the Almighty are in me, the venom whereof doth drink up my spirit, and the terrors of God fight against me.
6:5  Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox when he hath fodder?
6:6  That which is unsavory, shall it be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
6:7  Such things as my soul refused to touch, as were sorrows, are my meat.
6:8  Oh that I might have my desire, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
6:9  That is, that God would destroy me: that he would let his hand go, and cut me off.
6:10  Then should I yet have comfort, (though I burn with sorrow, let him not spare) because I have not denied the words of the Holy one.
6:11  What power have I that I should endure? or what is mine end, if I should prolong my life?
6:12  Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
6:13  Is it not so, that there is in me no help? and that strength is taken from me?
6:14  He that is in misery, ought to be comforted of his neighbor: but men have forsaken the fear of the Almighty.
6:15  My brethren have deceived me as a brook, and as the rising of the rivers they pass away.
6:16  Which are blackish with ice, and wherein the snow is hid.
6:17  But in time they are dried up with heat and are consumed: and when it is hot they fail out of their places,
6:18  Or they depart from their way and course, yea, they vanish and perish.
6:19  They that go to Tema, considered them, and they that go to Sheba, waited for them.
6:20  But they were confounded: when they hoped, they came thither, and were ashamed.
6:21  Surely now are ye like unto it: ye have seen my fearful plague, and are afraid.
6:22  Was it because I said, Bring unto me? or give a reward to me of your substance?
6:23  And deliver me from the enemy’s hand, or ransom me out of the hand of tyrants?
6:24  Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand, wherein I have erred.
6:25  How steadfast are the words of righteousness? and what can any of you justly reprove?
6:26  Do ye imagine to reprove words, that the talk of the afflicted should be as the wind?
6:27  Ye make your wrath to fall upon the fatherless, and dig a pit for your friend.
6:28  Now therefore be content to look upon me: for I will not lie before your face.
6:29  Turn, I pray you, let there be none iniquity: return, I say, and ye shall see yet my righteousness in that behalf. Is there iniquity in my tongue? doth not my mouth feel sorrows?