Job 6 - Easy To Read Version

³ you would understand my sadness.\par My sadness would be heavier\par than all the sand of the seas!\par That is why my words seem foolish.\par

⁴ God All-Powerful’s arrows are in me.\par My spirit feels the poison\par from those arrows!\par God’s terrible weapons are lined up\par against me.\par

⁵ \{Your words are easy to say\par when nothing bad has happened.\}\par Even a wild donkey doesn’t complain\par when it has grass to eat.\par And a cow doesn’t complain\par when it has its food.\par

⁶ Food without salt\par doesn’t taste good.\par And the white of an egg\par doesn’t have any taste.\par

⁷ I refuse to touch it;\par that kind of food makes me sick!\par \{And that is what your words\par are like to me now.\}\par

⁸ “I wish I could have what I ask for.\par I wish God would give me what I want.\par

⁹ I wish God would crush me,\par just go ahead and kill me!\par

¹⁰ And if he does kill me,\par I will be comforted about one thing,\par I will be happy about one thing:\par Even through all this pain,\par I never refused to obey\par the commands of the Holy One.\par

¹¹ “My strength is gone,\par so I have no hope to go on living.\par I don’t know what will happen to me,\par so I have no reason to be patient.\par

¹² I am not strong like a rock.\par My body is not made from bronze.\par

¹³ I don’t have power to help myself now.\par Why? Because success has been taken away from me.\par

¹⁴ “A person’s friends should be kind\par to him if he has troubles.\par A person should be loyal to his friend,\par even if that friend turned away from \{God\} All-Powerful.\par

¹⁵ But you, my brothers, have not been loyal.\par I can’t depend on you.\par You are like streams that flow sometimes\par and don’t flow at other times.\par You are like streams that overflow\par

¹⁶ when they are choked with ice\par and melting snow.\par

¹⁷ And when the weather is hot and dry,\par the water stops flowing,\par and the streams are gone.\par

¹⁸ Traders follow the twists and turns\par out into the desert\par and they disappear.\par

¹⁹ Traders from Tema look for \{water\}.\par Travelers from Sheba look hopefully.\par

²⁰ They were sure they would find water\par but they were disappointed.\par

²¹ Now, you are like those streams.\par You see my troubles and are afraid.\par

²² Did I ask for your help? No!\par But you freely gave me your advice!\par

²³ Did I say to you,\par ‘Save me from the enemy!\par Save me from cruel people!’\par

²⁴ “So now, teach me,\par and I will be quiet.\par Show me what I have done wrong.\par

²⁵ Honest words are powerful.\par But your arguments prove nothing.\par

²⁶ Do you plan to criticize me?\par Will you speak more tiring words?\par

²⁷ You would even gamble to win things\par that belong to children without fathers.\par You would sell out your own friend.\par

²⁸ But now, please study my face.\par I would not lie to you.\par

²⁹ So now, change your mind.\par Don’t be unfair, think again.\par I have done nothing wrong.\par

³⁰ I am not lying.\par And I know right from wrong.”\par