1 Then Job answered, WEB — Job 6:1
2 “Oh that my anguish were weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances! WEB — Job 6:2
3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, Therefore have my words been rash. WEB — Job 6:3
4 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. WEB — Job 6:4
5 Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder? WEB — Job 6:5
6 Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? WEB — Job 6:6
7 My soul refuses to touch them; They are as loathsome food to me. WEB — Job 6:7
8 “Oh that I might have my request; That God would grant the thing that I long for! WEB — Job 6:8
9 Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! WEB — Job 6:9
10 Be it still my consolation, Yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't spare, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One. WEB — Job 6:10
11 What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient? WEB — Job 6:11
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass? WEB — Job 6:12
13 Isn't it that I have no help in me, That wisdom is driven quite from me? WEB — Job 6:13
14 “To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; Even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty. WEB — Job 6:14
15 My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away; WEB — Job 6:15
16 Which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself: WEB — Job 6:16
17 In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. WEB — Job 6:17
18 The caravans that travel beside them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish. WEB — Job 6:18
19 The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them. WEB — Job 6:19
20 They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came there, and were confounded. WEB — Job 6:20
21 For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid. WEB — Job 6:21
22 Did I say, ‘Give to me?’ Or, ‘Offer a present for me from your substance?’ WEB — Job 6:22
23 Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary's hand?’ Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?’ WEB — Job 6:23
24 “Teach me, and I will hold my peace; Cause me to understand wherein I have erred. WEB — Job 6:24
25 How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove? WEB — Job 6:25
26 Do you intend to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind? WEB — Job 6:26
27 Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend. WEB — Job 6:27
28 Now therefore be pleased to look at me, For surely I shall not lie to your face. WEB — Job 6:28
29 Please return. Let there be no injustice; Yes, return again, my cause is righteous. WEB — Job 6:29
30 Is there injustice on my tongue? Can't my taste discern mischievous things? WEB — Job 6:30