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| | The King James Version Online Bible (KJV) | The American Standard Version Online Bible (ASV) |
| Job 6:1 | But Job answered and said, | Then Job answered and said, |
| Job 6:2 | Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! | Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances! |
| Job 6:3 | For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. | For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash. |
| Job 6:4 | For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. | 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. |
| Job 6:5 | Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? | Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder? |
| Job 6:6 | Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg? | Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? |
| Job 6:7 | The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat. | My soul refuseth to touch [them]; They are as loathsome food to me. |
| Job 6:8 | Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! | Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for! |
| Job 6:9 | Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! | Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! |
| Job 6:10 | 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. | 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. |
| Job 6:11 | What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? | What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient? |
| 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 of brass? |
| Job 6:13 | Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me? | Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me? |
| Job 6:14 | To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. | To him that is ready to faint kindness [should be showed] from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. |
| Job 6:15 | My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; | My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away; |
| Job 6:16 | Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: | Which are black by reason of the ice, [And] wherein the snow hideth itself: |
| Job 6:17 | What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. | What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. |
| Job 6:18 | The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. | The caravans [that travel] by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish. |
| Job 6:19 | The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. | The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them. |
| Job 6:20 | They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. | They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded. |
| Job 6:21 | For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. | For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid. |
| Job 6:22 | Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? | Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance? |
| Job 6:23 | Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? | Or, Deliver me from the adversary's hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors? |
| Job 6:24 | Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. | Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred. |
| Job 6:25 | How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? | How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what doth it reprove? |
| Job 6:26 | Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? | Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind? |
| Job 6:27 | Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. | Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend. |
| Job 6:28 | Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie. | Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; For surely I shall not lie to your face. |
| Job 6:29 | Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it. | Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Yea, return again, my cause is righteous. |
| Job 6:30 | Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? | Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things? |
| | The King James Version Online Bible (KJV) | The American Standard Version Online Bible (ASV) |
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