Thematic Bible
Job 6:1 (show verse)
Then Job responded:
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Job 6:2 (show verse)
"Oh, if only my grief could be weighed, and my misfortune laid on the scales too!
Job 6:3 (show verse)
But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild.
Job 6:4 (show verse)
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God's sudden terrors are arrayed against me.
Job 6:5 (show verse)
"Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox low near its fodder?
Job 6:6 (show verse)
Can food that is tasteless be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Job 6:7 (show verse)
I have refused to touch such things; they are like loathsome food to me.
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Job 6:8 (show verse)
"Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what I long for!
Job 6:9 (show verse)
And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me.
Job 6:10 (show verse)
Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed 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 prolong my life?
Job 6:12 (show verse)
Is my strength like that of stones? or is my flesh made of bronze?
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Job 6:13 (show verse)
Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been driven from me?
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Job 6:14 (show verse)
"To the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
Job 6:15 (show verse)
My brothers have been as treacherous as a seasonal stream, and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams that flow away.
Job 6:16 (show verse)
They are dark because of ice; snow is piled up over them.
Job 6:17 (show verse)
When they are scorched, they dry up, when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
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Job 6:18 (show verse)
Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.
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Job 6:19 (show verse)
The caravans of Tema looked intently for these streams; the traveling merchants of Sheba hoped for them.
Job 6:20 (show verse)
They were distressed, because each one had been so confident; they arrived there, but were disappointed.
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Job 6:21 (show verse)
For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid.
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Job 6:22 (show verse)
"Have I ever said, 'Give me something, and from your fortune make gifts in my favor'?
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Job 6:23 (show verse)
Or 'Deliver me from the enemy's power, and from the hand of tyrants ransom me'?
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Job 6:24 (show verse)
"Teach me and I, for my part, will be silent; explain to me how I have been mistaken.
Job 6:25 (show verse)
How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove?
Job 6:26 (show verse)
Do you intend to criticize mere words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?
Job 6:27 (show verse)
Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.
Job 6:28 (show verse)
"Now then, be good enough to look at me; and I will not lie to your face!
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Job 6:29 (show verse)
Relent, let there be no falsehood; reconsider, for my righteousness is intact!
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Job 6:30 (show verse)
Is there any falsehood on my lips? Can my mouth not discern evil things?
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