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== Iyov (Book of Job), Chapter 6 ==

<named id="1"/>1 Then Job answered and said:

<named id="2"/>2 Oh that my vexation were but weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances altogether!

<named id="3"/>3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore are my words broken.

<named id="4"/>4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh up; the terrors of G-d do set themselves in array against me.

<named id="5"/>5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

<named id="6"/>6 Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the juice of mallows?

<named id="7"/>7 My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh.

<named id="8"/>8 Oh that I might have my request, and that G-d would grant me the thing that I long for!

<named id="9"/>9 Even that it would please G-d to crush me; that He would let loose His hand, and cut me off!

<named id="10"/>10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would exult in pain, though He spare not; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

<named id="11"/>11 What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, that I should be patient?

<named id="12"/>12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?

<named id="13"/>13 Is it that I have no help in me, and that sound wisdom is driven quite from me?

<named id="14"/>14 To him that is ready to faint kindness is due from his friend, even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

<named id="15"/>15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that overflow,

<named id="16"/>16 Which are black by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow hideth itself;

<named id="17"/>17 What time they wax warm, they vanish, when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

<named id="18"/>18 The paths of their way do wind, they go up into the waste, and are lost.

<named id="19"/>19 The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them--

<named id="20"/>20 They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came thither, and were confounded.

<named id="21"/>21 For now ye are become His; ye see a terror, and are afraid.

<named id="22"/>22 Did I say: 'Give unto me'? or: 'Offer a present for me of your substance'?

<named id="23"/>23 or: 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? or: 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors'?

<named id="24"/>24 Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

<named id="25"/>25 How forcible are words of uprightness! But what doth your arguing argue?

<named id="26"/>26 Do ye hold words to be an argument, but the speeches of one that is desperate to be wind?

<named id="27"/>27 Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless, and dig a pit for your friend.

<named id="28"/>28 Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; for surely I shall not lie to your face.

<named id="29"/>29 Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; yea, return again, my cause is righteous.

<named id="30"/>30 Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern crafty devices?

== See also ==
* [[Iyov 5|Previous Chapter]]
* [[Iyov 6 Commentaries]]
* [[Iyov 7|Next Chapter]]

== References ==
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