Job 6 NKJV

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valign="top">New King James Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nkjv/kjv/job/6.shtml" style=color:#001320 title=Parallel Chapters> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"> <h3>Job: My Complaint Is Just</span></h3><p class="chapter-1"><span class="text Job-6-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Job answered and said:</span></p> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Oh, that my grief were fully weighed,</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-2">And my calamity laid with it on the scales!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea—</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-3">Therefore my words have been rash.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For the arrows of the Almighty <i>are</i> within me;</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-4">My spirit drinks in their poison;</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-4">The terrors of God are arrayed against me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass,</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-5">Or does the ox low over its fodder?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Can flavorless food be eaten without salt?</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-6">Or is there <i>any</i> taste in the white of an egg?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>My soul refuses to touch them;</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-7">They <i>are</i> as loathsome food to me.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Oh, that I might have my request,</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-8">That God would grant <i>me</i> the thing that I long for!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>That it would please God to crush me,</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-9">That He would loose His hand and cut me off!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then I would still have comfort;</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-10">Though in anguish I would exult,</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-10">He will not spare;</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-10">For I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“What strength do I have, that I should hope?</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-11">And what <i>is</i> my end, that I should prolong my life?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><i>Is</i> my strength the strength of stones?</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-12">Or is my flesh bronze?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><i>Is</i> my help not within me?</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-13">And is success driven from me?</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“To him who is <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>afflicted, kindness <i>should be shown</i> by his friend,</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-14">Even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a brook,</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-15">Like the streams of the brooks that pass away,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Which are dark because of the ice,</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-16"><i>And</i> into which the snow vanishes.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When it is warm, they cease to flow;</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-17">When it is hot, they vanish from their place.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The paths of their way turn aside,</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-18">They go nowhere and perish.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The caravans of Tema look,</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-19">The travelers of Sheba hope for them.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>They are disappointed<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span> because they were confident;</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-20">They come there and are confused.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For now you are nothing,</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-21">You see terror and are afraid.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Did I ever say, ‘Bring <i>something</i> to me’?</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-22">Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth’?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Or, ‘Deliver me from the enemy’s hand’?</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-23">Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of oppressors’?</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“Teach me, and I will hold my tongue;</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-24">Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>How forceful are right words!</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-25">But what does your arguing prove?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Do you intend to rebuke <i>my</i> words,</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-26">And the speeches of a desperate one, <i>which are</i> as wind?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless,</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-27">And you undermine your friend.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Now therefore, be pleased to look at me;</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-28">For I would never lie to your face.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Yield now, let there be no injustice!</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-29">Yes, concede, my righteousness <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>still stands!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/6-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Is there injustice on my tongue?</span><br /><span class="text Job-6-30">Cannot my <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>taste discern the unsavory?</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-12993a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 6:14">Job 6:14</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>despairing</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-12999b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 6:20">Job 6:20</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>ashamed</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13008c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 6:29">Job 6:29</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>is in it</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-13009d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Job 6:30">Job 6:30</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>palate</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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