Job 6

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(Job 6:1) But Job answered and said,
(Job 6:2) Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
(Job 6:3) For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
(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.
(Job 6:5) 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?
(Job 6:7) The things {that} my soul refused to touch {are} as my sorrowful meat.
(Job 6:8) 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!
(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.
(Job 6:11) What {is} my strength, that I should hope? and what {is} mine end, that I should prolong my life?
(Job 6:12) {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?
(Job 6:14) To him that is afflicted pity {should be shewed} from his friend; but he 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;
(Job 6:16) Which are blackish by reason of the ice, {and} wherein the snow is hid:
(Job 6:17) 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.
(Job 6:19) The troops 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.
(Job 6:21) For now ye are nothing; ye see {my} casting down, and are afraid.
(Job 6:22) Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward 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?
(Job 6:24) Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
(Job 6:25) How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
(Job 6:26) Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, {which are} as wind?
(Job 6:27) Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig {a pit} for your friend.
(Job 6:28) Now therefore be content, look upon me; for {it is} evident unto you if I lie.
(Job 6:29) Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness {is} in it.
(Job 6:30) Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
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