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epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.6.2.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas!</p><p class="poem">That is why my words are rash.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.6.4.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> me;</p><p class="poem">my spirit drinks their poison.</p><p class="poem">God’s terrors are arrayed against me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.6.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass</p><p class="poem">or an ox low over its fodder?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Is bland food eaten without salt?</p><p class="poem">Is there flavor in an egg white?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.6.6.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I refuse to touch them;</p><p class="poem">they are like contaminated food.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.6.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If only my request would be granted</p><p class="poem">and God would provide what I hope for:</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>that he would decide to crush me,</p><p class="poem">to unleash his power and cut me off!</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>It would still bring me comfort,</p><p class="poem">and I would leap for joy in unrelenting pain</p><p class="poem">that I have not denied<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.6.10.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> the words of the Holy One.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.6.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>What strength do I have, that I should continue to hope?</p><p class="poem">What is my future, that I should be patient?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Is my strength that of stone,</p><p class="poem">or my flesh made of bronze?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Since I cannot help myself,</p><p class="poem">the hope for success has been banished from me.</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>A despairing man should receive loyalty from his friends,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.6.14.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.6.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi,</p><p class="poem">as seasonal streams that overflow</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and become darkened<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.6.16.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> because of ice,</p><p class="poem">and the snow melts into them.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The wadis evaporate in warm weather;</p><p class="poem">they disappear from their channels in hot weather.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Caravans turn away from their routes,</p><p class="poem">go up into the desert, and perish.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The caravans of Tema look for these streams.</p><p class="poem">The traveling merchants of Sheba hope for them.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>They are ashamed because they had been confident of finding water.</p><p class="poem">When they arrive there, they are disappointed.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.6.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So this is what you have now become to me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.6.21.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">When you see something dreadful, you are afraid.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Have I ever said, “Give me something”</p><p class="poem">or “Pay a bribe for me from your wealth”</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>or “Deliver me from the enemy’s hand”</p><p class="poem">or “Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless”?</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Teach me, and I will be silent.</p><p class="poem">Help me understand what I did wrong.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>How painful honest words can be!</p><p class="poem">But what does your rebuke prove?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Do you think that you can disprove my words</p><p class="poem">or that a despairing man’s words are mere wind?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.6.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>No doubt you would cast lots for a fatherless child</p><p class="poem">and negotiate a price to sell your friend.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.6.27.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>But now, please look at me;</p><p class="poem">I will not lie to your face.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.6.28.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Reconsider; don’t be unjust.</p><p class="poem">Reconsider; my righteousness<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.6.29.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> is still the issue.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.6.30" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Is there injustice on my tongue</p><p class="poem">or can my palate not taste disaster?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.6.30.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Job.6" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Job.6.4.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.6.4">6:4</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">Almighty are in</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.6.6.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.6.6">6:6</a></span> Hb obscure</aside><aside id="fn.Job.6.10.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.6.10">6:10</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">hidden</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.6.14.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.6.14">6:14</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">To the despairing his friend loyalty</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.6.16.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.6.16">6:16</a></span> Or <span class="italic">turbid</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.6.21.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.6.21">6:21</a></span> Alt Hb tradition reads <span class="italic">So you have now become nothing</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Job.6" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Job.6.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.6.2">6:2</a></span> Jb 30:13; Ps 57:1; Pr 19:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.6.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.6.2">6:2</a></span> Jb 31:6; Dn 5:27; Mc 6:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.6.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.6.4">6:4</a></span> Jb 30:15; Ps 38:2; 88:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.6.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.6.7">6:7</a></span> Jb 3:24; 33:20; Ps 107:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.6.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.6.10">6:10</a></span> Jb 22:22; 23:12; Ps 119:102</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.6.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.6.14">6:14</a></span> Jb 19:21; Ps 38:11; Pr 17:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.6.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.6.20">6:20</a></span> Jr 14:3; Jl 1:11; Am 4:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.6.26.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.6.26">6:26</a></span> Jb 8:2; 15:2; 16:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.6.27.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.6.27">6:27</a></span> Jl 3:3; Nah 3:10; 2Pt 2:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.6.28.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.6.28">6:28</a></span> Jb 24:25; 27:4; 34:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.6.29.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.6.29">6:29</a></span> Jb 2:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.6.30.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.6.30">6:30</a></span> Jb 12:11; 27:4</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Job.6" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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