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| Job 6:1 | Then Job answered and said, | And Job made answer and said, | Then Job answered, | But Job answered, and said: |
| Job 6:2 | Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances! | If only my passion might be measured, and put into the scales against my trouble! | "Oh that my anguish were weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances! | O that my sins, whereby I have deserved wrath, and the calamity that I suffer, were weighed in a balance. |
| Job 6:3 | For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash. | For then its weight would be more than the sand of the seas: because of this my words have been uncontrolled. | For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, Therefore have my words been rash. | As the sand of the sea this would appear heavier: therefore my words are full of sorrow : |
| Job 6:4 | For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. | For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me. | 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. | For the arrows of the Lord are in me, the rage whereof drinketh up my spirit, and the terrors of the Lord war against me. |
| Job 6:5 | Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder? | Does the ass of the fields give out his voice when he has grass? or does the ox make sounds over his food? | Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder? | Will the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or will the ox low when he standeth before a full manger? |
| Job 6:6 | Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? | Will a man take food which has no taste without salt? or is there any taste in the soft substance of purslain? | Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? | Or can an unsavoury thing be eaten, that is not seasoned with salt? or can a man taste that which when tasted bringeth death? |
| Job 6:7 | My soul refuseth to touch [them]; They are as loathsome food to me. | My soul has no desire for such things, they are as disease in my food. | My soul refuses to touch them; They are as loathsome food to me. | The things which before my soul would not touch, now, through anguish are my meats. |
| Job 6:8 | Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for! | If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire! | "Oh that I might have my request; That God would grant the thing that I long for! | Who will grant that my request may come: and that God may give me what I look for? |
| Job 6:9 | Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! | If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off! | Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! | And that he that hath begun may destroy me, that he may let loose his hand, and cut me off? |
| Job 6:10 | And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One. | So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One. | 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. | And that this may be my comfort, that afflicting me with sorrow, he spare not, nor I contradict the words of the Holy One. |
| Job 6:11 | What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient? | Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to? | What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient? | For what is my strength, that I can hold out? or what is my end that I should keep patience? |
| Job 6:12 | Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass? | Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh brass? | Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass? | My strength is not the strength of stones, nor is my flesh of brass. |
| Job 6:13 | Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me? | I have no help in myself, and wisdom is completely gone from me. | Isn't it that I have no help in me, That wisdom is driven quite from me? | Behold there is no help for me in myself, and my familiar friends also are departed from me. |
| Job 6:14 | To him that is ready to faint kindness [should be showed] from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. | He whose heart is shut against his friend has given up the fear of the Ruler of all. | "To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; Even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty. | He that taketh away mercy from his friend, forsaketh the fear of the Lord. |
| Job 6:15 | My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away; | My friends have been false like a stream, like streams in the valleys which come to an end: | My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away; | My brethren have passed by me, as the torrent that passeth swiftly in the valleys. |
| Job 6:16 | Which are black by reason of the ice, [And] wherein the snow hideth itself: | Which are dark because of the ice, and the snow falling into them; | Which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself: | They that fear the hoary frost, the snow shall fall upon them. |
| Job 6:17 | What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. | Under the burning sun they are cut off, and come to nothing because of the heat. | In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. | At the time when they shall be scattered they shall perish: and after it groweth hot they shall be melted out of their place. |
| Job 6:18 | The caravans [that travel] by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish. | The camel-trains go out of their way; they go up into the waste and come to destruction. | The caravans that travel beside them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish. | The paths of their steps are entangled: they shall walk in vain, and shall perish. |
| Job 6:19 | The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them. | The camel-trains of Tema were searching with care, the bands of Sheba were waiting for them: | The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them. | Consider the paths of Thema, the ways of Saba, and wait a little while. |
| Job 6:20 | They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded. | They were put to shame because of their hope; they came and their hope was gone. | They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came there, and were confounded. | They are confounded, because I have hoped: they are come also even unto me, and are covered with shame. |
| Job 6:21 | For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid. | So have you now become to me; you see my sad condition and are in fear. | For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid. | Now you are come: and now seeing my affliction you are afraid. |
| Job 6:22 | Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance? | Did I say, Give me something? or, Make a payment for me out of your wealth? | Did I say, 'Give to me?' Or, 'Offer a present for me from your substance?' | Did I say: Bring to me, and give me of your substance? |
| Job 6:23 | Or, Deliver me from the adversary's hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors? | Or, Get me out of the power of my hater? or, Give money so that I may be free from the power of the cruel ones? | Or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand?' Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?' | Or deliver me from the hand of the enemy, and rescue me out of the hand of the mighty? |
| Job 6:24 | Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred. | Give me teaching and I will be quiet; and make me see my error. | "Teach me, and I will hold my peace; Cause me to understand wherein I have erred. | Teach me, and I will hold my peace: and if I have been ignorant in any thing, instruct me. |
| Job 6:25 | How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what doth it reprove? | How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments? | How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove? | Why have you detracted the words of truth, whereas there is none of you that can reprove me? |
| Job 6:26 | Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind? | My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind. | Do you intend to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind? | You dress up speeches only to rebuke, and you utter words to the wind. |
| Job 6:27 | Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend. | Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend. | Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend. | You rush in upon the fatherless, and you endeavour to overthrow your friend. |
| Job 6:28 | Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; For surely I shall not lie to your face. | Now then, let your eyes be turned to me, for truly I will not say what is false to your face. | Now therefore be pleased to look at me, For surely I shall not lie to your face. | However finish what you have begun, give ear, and see whether I lie. |
| Job 6:29 | Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Yea, return again, my cause is righteous. | Let your minds be changed, and do not have an evil opinion of me; yes, be changed, for my righteousness is still in me. | Please return. Let there be no injustice; Yes, return again, my cause is righteous. | Answer, I beseech you, without contention: and speaking that which is just, judge ye. |
| Job 6:30 | Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things? | Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me? | Is there injustice on my tongue? Can't my taste discern mischievous things? | And you shall not And iniquity in my tongue, neither shall folly sound in my mouth. |
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