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valign="top">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/job/6.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">Job Replies to Eliphaz</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Job responded:</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Oh, if only my grief could be weighed,</p><p class="poetry2">and my misfortune laid on the scales too!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea,</p><p class="poetry2">that is why my words have been wild.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For the arrows of the Almighty are within me;</p><p class="poetry2">my spirit drinks their poison;</p><p class="poetry2">God’s sudden terrors are arrayed against me.</p> <p class="title">Complaints Reflect Suffering</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass?</p><p class="poetry2">Or does the ox low near its fodder?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Can food that is tasteless be eaten without salt?</p><p class="poetry2">Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I have refused to touch such things;</p><p class="poetry2">they are like loathsome food to me.</p> <p class="title">A Cry for Death</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Oh that my request would be realized,</p><p class="poetry2">and that God would grant me what I long for!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And that God would be willing to crush me,</p><p class="poetry2">that he would let loose his hand</p><p class="poetry2">and kill me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then I would yet have my comfort,</p><p class="poetry2">then I would rejoice,</p><p class="poetry2">in spite of pitiless pain,</p><p class="poetry2">for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>What is my strength, that I should wait?</p><p class="poetry2">and what is my end,</p><p class="poetry2">that I should prolong my life?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Is my strength like that of stones?</p><p class="poetry2">or is my flesh made of bronze?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Is not my power to help myself nothing,</p><p class="poetry2">and has not every resource been driven from me?</p> <p class="title">Disappointing Friends</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“To the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend</p><p class="poetry2">even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>My brothers have been as treacherous as a seasonal stream,</p><p class="poetry2">and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams</p><p class="poetry2">that flow away.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>They are dark because of ice;</p><p class="poetry2">snow is piled up over them.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When they are scorched, they dry up,</p><p class="poetry2">when it is hot, they vanish from their place.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Caravans turn aside from their routes;</p><p class="poetry2">they go into the wasteland and perish.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The caravans of Tema looked intently for these streams;</p><p class="poetry2">the traveling merchants of Sheba hoped for them.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>They were distressed,</p><p class="poetry2">because each one had been so confident;</p><p class="poetry2">they arrived there, but were disappointed.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For now you have become like these streams that are no help;</p><p class="poetry2">you see a terror, and are afraid.</p> <p class="title">Friends’ Fears</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“Have I ever said, ‘Give me something,</p><p class="poetry2">and from your fortune make gifts in my favor’?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Or ‘Deliver me from the enemy’s power,</p><p class="poetry2">and from the hand of tyrants ransom me’?</p> <p class="title">No Sin Discovered</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“Teach me and I, for my part, will be silent;</p><p class="poetry2">explain to me how I have been mistaken.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>How painful are honest words!</p><p class="poetry2">But what does your reproof prove?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Do you intend to criticize mere words,</p><p class="poetry2">and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless,</p><p class="poetry2">and auction off your friend.</p> <p class="title">Other Explanation</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“Now then, be good enough to look at me;</p><p class="poetry2">and I will not lie to your face!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Relent, let there be no falsehood;</p><p class="poetry2">reconsider, for my righteousness is intact!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/6-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Is there any falsehood on my lips?</p><p class="poetry2">Can my mouth not discern evil things?</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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