Job 6:1-30 KJ21

[1] But Job answered and said: [2] "Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! [3] For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words are swallowed up. [4] For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; the poison thereof drinketh up my spirit; the terrors of God set themselves in array against me. [5] Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder? [6] Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? [7] The things that my soul refused to touch are as my distressing meat. [8] "Oh that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for: [9] even that it would please God to destroy me, that He would let loose His hand and cut me off! [10] Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow. Let Him not spare, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. [11] What is my strength, that I should hope? And what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? [12] Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass? [13] Is not my help in me? And is wisdom driven quite from me? [14] "To him that is afflicted, pity should be shown by his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. [15] My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away, [16] which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid. [17] When in time they wax warm, they vanish; when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. [18] The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing and perish. [19] The troops of Tema looked; the companies of Sheba waited for them. [20] They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither and were ashamed. [21] For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down and are afraid. [22] Did I say, 'Bring unto me'? or, 'Give a reward for me of your substance'? [23] Or, 'Deliver me from the enemy's hand'? or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the mighty'? [24] "Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. [25] How forceful are right words! But what doth your arguing reprove? [26] Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? [27] Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. [28] "Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie. [29] Return, I pray you, let there be no iniquity; yea, return again; my righteousness is in it. [30] Is there iniquity on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern perverse things?