# Job 6 [[Job-05|← Job 05]] | [[Job]] | [[Job-07|Job 07 →]] *** ###### v1 Then Job answered, ###### v2 "Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances! ###### v3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore my words have been rash. ###### v4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me. ###### v5 Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder? ###### v6 Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? ###### v7 My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me. ###### v8 "Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for, ###### v9 even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! ###### v10 Let it still be my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One. ###### v11 What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient? ###### v12 Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of bronze? ###### v13 Isn't it that I have no help in me, that wisdom is driven away from me? ###### v14 "To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty. ###### v15 My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away; ###### v16 Which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself. ###### v17 In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. ###### v18 The caravans that travel beside them turn away. They go up into the waste, and perish. ###### v19 The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them. ###### v20 They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded. ###### v21 For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid. ###### v22 Did I say, 'Give to me?' or, 'Offer a present for me from your substance?' ###### v23 or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand?' or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?' ###### v24 "Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand my error. ###### v25 How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove? ###### v26 Do you intend to reprove words, since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind? ###### v27 Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend. ###### v28 Now therefore be pleased to look at me, for surely I will not lie to your face. ###### v29 Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous. ###### v30 Is there injustice on my tongue? Can't my taste discern mischievous things? *** [[Job-05|← Job 05]] | [[Job]] | [[Job-07|Job 07 →]]