Thematic Bible
Job 6:1 (show verse)
Then Job answered and said,
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Job 6:2 (show verse)
"If only my vexation could be well weighed, and my calamity could be lifted up together [with it] in [the] balances,
Job 6:3 (show verse)
for then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words have been rash,
Job 6:4 (show verse)
for the arrows of Shaddai [are] in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Job 6:5 (show verse)
Does [the] wild ass bray over grass, or [the] ox bellow over its fodder?
Job 6:6 (show verse)
Can tasteless [food] be eaten without salt, or is there taste in the white of a marshmallow plant?
Job 6:7 (show verse)
{I refused} to touch [them]; they [are] like {food that will make me ill}.
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Job 6:8 (show verse)
"{O that} my request may come, and [that] God may grant my hope,
Job 6:9 (show verse)
that God would decide that he would crush me, [that] he would let loose his hand and {kill me}.
Job 6:10 (show verse)
But it will still be my consolation, and I would recoil in {unrelenting} pain, for I have not denied [the] words of [the] Holy One.
Job 6:11 (show verse)
What [is] my strength, that I should wait? And what [is] my end, that {I should hold out}?
Job 6:12 (show verse)
Or [is] my strength [like] the strength of stones? Or [is] my flesh bronze?
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Job 6:13 (show verse)
{Indeed}, my help is not in me, and [any] success is driven from me.
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Job 6:14 (show verse)
"Loyal love [should come] for the afflicted [from] his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of Shaddai.
Job 6:15 (show verse)
My companions are treacherous like a torrent-bed; like a streambed of wadis they flow away,
Job 6:16 (show verse)
which are growing dark because of ice upon them, it will pile up snow.
Job 6:17 (show verse)
In time they dry up, they disappear; when it [is] hot, they vanish from their place.
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Job 6:18 (show verse)
The paths of their way wind [around]; they go up into the wasteland, and they perish.
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Job 6:19 (show verse)
The caravans of Tema looked; the traveling merchants of Sheba hope for them.
Job 6:20 (show verse)
They are disappointed, because they trusted; they came {here} and they are confounded.
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Job 6:21 (show verse)
"For now you have become {such}; you see terrors, and you fear.
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Job 6:22 (show verse)
Is it because I have said, 'Give to me,' or, 'Offer a bribe for me from your wealth'?
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Job 6:23 (show verse)
or, 'Save me from the foe's hand,' or, 'Ransom me from the tyrants' hand'?
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Job 6:24 (show verse)
Teach me, and I myself will be silent; and make me understand how I have gone astray.
Job 6:25 (show verse)
How painful are {upright words}! But what does {your reproof} reprove?
Job 6:26 (show verse)
Do you intend to reprove [my] words and [consider the] words of a desperate [man] as wind?
Job 6:27 (show verse)
Even over [the] orphan you would cast the lot, and you would bargain over your friend.
Job 6:28 (show verse)
"{Therefore} be prepared, turn to me, and I surely will not lie to your face.
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Job 6:29 (show verse)
Please turn, let no injustice happen; indeed, turn, {my righteousness is still intact}.
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Job 6:30 (show verse)
Is there injustice on my tongue? Or can my palate not discern calamity?
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