1 But Job answered and said,

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2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

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3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

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4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

<>Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt?

7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

<>v. 8, <>Oh that I might have my request

9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

<>please God

10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

<>I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

<>What is my strength, <>hope, <>what is mine end

12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?

<>is my flesh of brass?

13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

<>Is not my help in me?

14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

<>To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend

15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

<>brook … brooks, <>as the stream of brooks they pass away

16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:

17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

<>What time they wax warm, they vanish, <>when it is hot, they are consumed

18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

<>perish

19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.

22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?

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23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

<>Redeem, <>the mighty

24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

<>cause me to understand wherein I have erred

25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

<>vv. 25-26, <>right words

26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

<>vv. 25-26, <>imagine

27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

<>ye overwhelm the fatherless, <>ye dig a pit for your friend

28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.

<>be content, <>it is evident unto you if I lie

29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

<>Return, I pray you

30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?