Job 6:2 "Oh that my grief were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my calamity!

Job 6:3 "For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; Therefore my words have been rash.

Job 6:4 "For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, Their poison my spirit drinks; The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Job 6:5 "Does the wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his fodder?

Job 6:6 "Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

Job 6:7 "My soul refuses to touch them; They are like loathsome food to me.

Job 6:8 "Oh that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my longing!

Job 6:9 "Would that God were willing to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off!

Job 6:10 "But it is still my consolation, And I rejoice in unsparing pain, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

Job 6:11 "What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should endure?

Job 6:12 "Is my strength the strength of stones, Or is my flesh bronze?

Job 6:13 "Is it that my help is not within me, And that deliverance is driven from me?

Job 6:14 "For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend; So that he does not forsake the fear of the Almighty.

Job 6:15 "My brothers have acted deceitfully like a wadi, Like the torrents of wadis which vanish,

Job 6:16 Which are turbid because of ice And into which the snow melts.

Job 6:17 "When they become waterless, they are silent, When it is hot, they vanish from their place.

Job 6:18 "The paths of their course wind along, They go up into nothing and perish.

Job 6:19 "The caravans of Tema looked, The travelers of Sheba hoped for them.

Job 6:20 "They were disappointed for they had trusted, They came there and were confounded.

Job 6:21 "Indeed, you have now become such, You see a terror and are afraid.

Job 6:22 "Have I said, 'Give me something,' Or, 'Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,'

Job 6:23 Or, 'Deliver me from the hand of the adversary, 'Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants'?

Job 6:24 "Teach me, and I will be silent; And show me how I have erred.

Job 6:25 "How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?

Job 6:26 "Do you intend to reprove my words, When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?

Job 6:27 "You would even cast lots for the orphans And barter over your friend.

Job 6:28 "Now please look at me, And see if I lie to your face.

Job 6:29 "Desist now, let there be no injustice; Even desist, my righteousness is yet in it.

Job 6:30 "Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern calamities?

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Job 7:1 "Is not man forced to labor on earth, And are not his days like the days of a hired man?

Job 7:2 "As a slave who pants for the shade, And as a hired man who eagerly waits for his wages,

Job 7:3 So am I allotted months of vanity, And nights of trouble are appointed me.

Job 7:4 "When I lie down I say, 'When shall I arise?' But the night continues, And I am continually tossing until dawn.

Job 7:5 "My flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt, My skin hardens and runs.

Job 7:6 "My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And come to an end without hope.

Job 7:7 "Remember that my life is but breath; My eye will not again see good.

Job 7:8 "The eye of him who sees me will behold me no longer; Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.

Job 7:9 "When a cloud vanishes, it is gone, So he who goes down to Sheol does not come up.

Job 7:10 "He will not return again to his house, Nor will his place know him anymore.

Job 7:11 "Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 7:12 "Am I the sea, or the sea monster, That You set a guard over me?

Job 7:13 "If I say, 'My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,'

Job 7:14 Then You frighten me with dreams And terrify me by visions;

Job 7:15 So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains.

Job 7:16 "I waste away; I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

Job 7:17 "What is man that You magnify him, And that You are concerned about him,

Job 7:18 That You examine him every morning And try him every moment?

Job 7:19 "Will You never turn Your gaze away from me, Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?

Job 7:20 "Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target, So that I am a burden to myself?

Job 7:21 "Why then do You not pardon my transgression And take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust; And You will seek me, but I will not be."

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Job 8:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

Job 8:2 "How long will you say these things, And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?

Job 8:3 "Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?

Job 8:4 "If your sons sinned against Him, Then He delivered them into the power of their transgression.

Job 8:5 "If you would seek God And implore the compassion of the Almighty,

Job 8:6 If you are pure and upright, Surely now He would rouse Himself for you And restore your righteous estate.

Job 8:7 "Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your end will increase greatly.

Job 8:8 "Please inquire of past generations, And consider the things searched out by their fathers.

Job 8:9 "For we are only of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are as a shadow.

Job 8:10 "Will they not teach you and tell you, And bring forth words from their minds?

Job 8:11 "Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?

Job 8:12 "While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant.

Job 8:13 "So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the godless will perish,

Job 8:14 Whose confidence is fragile, And whose trust a spider's web.

Job 8:15 "He trusts in his house, but it does not stand; He holds fast to it, but it does not endure.

Job 8:16 "He thrives before the sun, And his shoots spread out over his garden.

Job 8:17 "His roots wrap around a rock pile, He grasps a house of stones.

Job 8:18 "If he is removed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, 'I never saw you.'

Job 8:19 "Behold, this is the joy of His way; And out of the dust others will spring.

Job 8:20 "Lo, God will not reject a man of integrity, Nor will He support the evildoers.

Job 8:21 "He will yet fill your mouth with laughter And your lips with shouting.

Job 8:22 "Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the tent of the wicked will be no longer."

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Job 9:1 Then Job answered,

Job 9:2 "In truth I know that this is so; But how can a man be in the right before God?

Job 9:3 "If one wished to dispute with Him, He could not answer Him once in a thousand times.

Job 9:4 "Wise in heart and mighty in strength, Who has defied Him without harm?

Job 9:5 "It is God who removes the mountains, they know not how, When He overturns them in His anger;

Job 9:6 Who shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble;

Job 9:7 Who commands the sun not to shine, And sets a seal upon the stars;

Job 9:8 Who alone stretches out the heavens And tramples down the waves of the sea;

Job 9:9 Who makes the Bear, Orion and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;

Job 9:10 Who does great things, unfathomable, And wondrous works without number.

Job 9:11 "Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.

Job 9:12 "Were He to snatch away, who could restrain Him? Who could say to Him, 'What are You doing?'

Job 9:13 "God will not turn back His anger; Beneath Him crouch the helpers of Rahab.

Job 9:14 "How then can I answer Him, And choose my words before Him?

Job 9:15 "For though I were right, I could not answer; I would have to implore the mercy of my judge.

Job 9:16 "If I called and He answered me, I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.

Job 9:17 "For He bruises me with a tempest And multiplies my wounds without cause.

Job 9:18 "He will not allow me to get my breath, But saturates me with bitterness.

Job 9:19 "If it is a matter of power, behold, He is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

Job 9:20 "Though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me; Though I am guiltless, He will declare me guilty.

Job 9:21 "I am guiltless; I do not take notice of myself; I despise my life.

Job 9:22 "It is all one; therefore I say, 'He destroys the guiltless and the wicked.'

Job 9:23 "If the scourge kills suddenly, He mocks the despair of the innocent.

Job 9:24 "The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?

Job 9:25 "Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.

Job 9:26 "They slip by like reed boats, Like an eagle that swoops on its prey.

Job 9:27 "Though I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sad countenance and be cheerful,'

Job 9:28 I am afraid of all my pains, I know that You will not acquit me.

Job 9:29 "I am accounted wicked, Why then should I toil in vain?

Job 9:30 "If I should wash myself with snow And cleanse my hands with lye,

Job 9:31 Yet You would plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes would abhor me.

Job 9:32 "For He is not a man as I am that I may answer Him, That we may go to court together.

Job 9:33 "There is no umpire between us, Who may lay his hand upon us both.

Job 9:34 "Let Him remove His rod from me, And let not dread of Him terrify me.

Job 9:35 "Then I would speak and not fear Him; But I am not like that in myself.