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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Job 6 JPS Tanakh 1917</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/jps/job/6.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/6.htm" align="left" 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class="po2">Therefore are my words broken.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For the arrows of the Almighty are within me,</div><div class="po2">The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up;</div><div class="po2">The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass?</div><div class="po2">Or loweth the ox over his fodder?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt?</div><div class="po2">Or is there any taste in the juice of mallows?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>My soul refuseth to touch them;</div><div class="po2">They are as the sickness of my flesh.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Oh that I might have my request,</div><div class="po2">And that God would grant me the thing that I long for!</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Even that it would please God to crush me;</div><div class="po2">That He would let loose His hand, and cut me off!</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then should I yet have comfort;</div><div class="po2">Yea, I would exult in pain, though He spare not;</div><div class="po2">For I have not denied the words of the Holy One.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>What is my strength, that I should wait?</div><div class="po2">And what is mine end, that I should be patient?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Is my strength the strength of stones?</div><div class="po2">Or is my flesh of brass?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Is it that I have no help in me,</div><div class="po2">And that sound wisdom is driven quite from me?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>To him that is ready to faint kindness is due from his friend,</div><div class="po2">Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook,</div><div class="po2">As the channel of brooks that overflow,</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Which are black by reason of the ice,</div><div class="po2">And wherein the snow hideth itself;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>What time they wax warm, they vanish,</div><div class="po2">When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The paths of their way do wind,</div><div class="po2">They go up into the waste, and are lost.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The caravans of Tema looked,</div><div class="po2">The companies of Sheba waited for them—</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>They were ashamed because they had hoped;</div><div class="po2">They came thither, and were confounded.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For now ye are become His;</div><div class="po2">Ye see a terror, and are afraid.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Did I say: ‘Give unto me’?</div><div class="po2">Or: ‘Offer a present for me of your substance’ ?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>or: ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’?</div><div class="po2">Or: ‘Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors’ ?</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Teach me, and I will hold my peace;</div><div class="po2">And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>How forcible are words of uprightness!</div><div class="po2">But what doth your arguing argue?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Do ye hold words to be an argument,</div><div class="po2">But the speeches of one that is desperate to be wind?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless,</div><div class="po2">And dig a pit for your friend.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Now therefore be pleased to look upon me;</div><div class="po2">For surely I shall not lie to your face.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice;</div><div class="po2">Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Is there injustice on my tongue?</div><div class="po2">Cannot my taste discern crafty devices?</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 5"><img src="/left.png" 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