Job 6 - American Standard Version 2015

¹ Then Job answered and said,

² Oh that my vexation were but weighed,\par\tab And all my calamity laid in the balances!

³ For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas:\par\tab Therefore have my words been rash.

⁴ For the arrows of the Almighty are within me,\par\tab The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up:\par\tab The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

⁵ Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass?\par\tab Or loweth the ox over his fodder?

⁶ Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt?\par\tab Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

⁷ My soul refuseth to touch {\i them};\par\tab They are as loathsome food to me.\par

⁸ Oh that I might have my request;\par\tab And that God would grant {\i me} the thing that I long for!

⁹ Even that it would please God to crush me;\par\tab That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

¹⁰ And be it still my consolation,\par\tab Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not,\par\tab That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

¹¹ What is my strength, that I should wait?\par\tab And what is mine end, that I should be patient?

¹² Is my strength the strength of stones?\par\tab Or is my flesh of brass?

¹³ Is it not that I have no help in me,\par\tab And that wisdom is driven quite from me?\par

¹⁴ To him that is ready to faint kindness {\i should be showed} from his friend;\par\tab Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

¹⁵ My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook,\par\tab As the channel of brooks that pass away;

¹⁶ Which are black by reason of the ice,\par\tab {\i And} wherein the snow hideth itself:

¹⁷ What time they wax warm, they vanish;\par\tab When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

¹⁸ The caravans {\i that travel} by the way of them turn aside;\par\tab They go up into the waste, and perish.

¹⁹ The caravans of Tema looked,\par\tab The companies of Sheba waited for them.

²⁰ They were put to shame because they had hoped;\par\tab They came thither, and were confounded.

²¹ For now ye are nothing;\par\tab Ye see a terror, and are afraid.

²² Did I say, Give unto me?\par\tab Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?

²³ Or, Deliver me from the adversary's hand?\par\tab Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?\par

²⁴ Teach me, and I will hold my peace;\par\tab And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

²⁵ How forcible are words of uprightness!\par\tab But your reproof, what doth it reprove?

²⁶ Do ye think to reprove words,\par\tab Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?

²⁷ Yea, ye would cast {\i lots} upon the fatherless,\par\tab And make merchandise of your friend.

²⁸ Now therefore be pleased to look upon me;\par\tab For surely I shall not lie to your face.

²⁹ Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice;\par\tab Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.

³⁰ Is there injustice on my tongue?\par\tab Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?\par