Thematic Bible
Job 6:1 (show verse)
Then Job answered and said:
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Job 6:2 (show verse)
"Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
Job 6:3 (show verse)
For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.
Job 6:4 (show verse)
For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Job 6:5 (show verse)
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass, or the ox low over his fodder?
Job 6:6 (show verse)
Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow?
Job 6:7 (show verse)
My appetite refuses to touch them; they are as food that is loathsome to me.
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Job 6:8 (show verse)
"Oh that I might have my request, and that God would fulfill my hope,
Job 6:9 (show verse)
that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
Job 6:10 (show verse)
This would be my comfort; I would even exult in pain unsparing, 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 be patient?
Job 6:12 (show verse)
Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?
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Job 6:13 (show verse)
Have I any help in me, when resource is driven from me?
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Job 6:14 (show verse)
"He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
Job 6:15 (show verse)
My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed, as torrential streams that pass away,
Job 6:16 (show verse)
which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself.
Job 6:17 (show verse)
When they melt, they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
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Job 6:18 (show verse)
The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the waste and perish.
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Job 6:19 (show verse)
The caravans of Tema look, the travelers of Sheba hope.
Job 6:20 (show verse)
They are ashamed because they were confident; they come there and are disappointed.
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Job 6:21 (show verse)
For you have now become nothing; you see my calamity and are afraid.
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Job 6:22 (show verse)
Have I said, 'Make me a gift'? Or, 'From your wealth offer a bribe for me'?
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Job 6:23 (show verse)
Or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless'?
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Job 6:24 (show verse)
"Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone astray.
Job 6:25 (show verse)
How forceful are upright words! But what does reproof from you reprove?
Job 6:26 (show verse)
Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man is wind?
Job 6:27 (show verse)
You would even cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend.
Job 6:28 (show verse)
"But now, be pleased to look at me, for I will not lie to your face.
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Job 6:29 (show verse)
Please turn; let no injustice be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake.
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Job 6:30 (show verse)
Is there any injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity?
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