Jesus Is LORD

ASV Job

Chapter 6

6:1 Then Job answered and said,
6:2 Oh that my vexation were but weighed,
And all my calamity laid in the balances!
6:3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas:
Therefore have my words been rash.
6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up:
The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
6:5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass?
Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
6:6 Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt?
Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
6:7 My soul refuseth to touch them;
They are as loathsome food to me.
6:8 Oh that I might have my request;
And that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
6:9 Even that it would please God to crush me;
That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
6:10 And be it still my consolation,
Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not,
That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
6:11 What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is mine end, that I should be patient?
6:12 Is my strength the strength of stones?
Or is my flesh of brass?
6:13 Is it not that I have no help in me,
And that wisdom is driven quite from me?
6:14 To him that is ready to faint kindness should be showed from his friend;
Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
6:15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook,
As the channel of brooks that pass away;
6:16 Which are black by reason of the ice,
And wherein the snow hideth itself:
6:17 What time they wax warm, they vanish;
When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
6:18 The caravans that travel by the way of them turn aside;
They go up into the waste, and perish.
6:19 The caravans of Tema looked,
The companies of Sheba waited for them.
6:20 They were put to shame because they had hoped;
They came thither, and were confounded.
6:21 For now ye are nothing;
Ye see a terror, and are afraid.
6:22 Did I say, Give unto me?
Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?
6:23 Or, Deliver me from the adversary’s hand?
Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?
6:24 Teach me, and I will hold my peace;
And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
6:25 How forcible are words of uprightness!
But your reproof, what doth it reprove?
6:26 Do ye think to reprove words,
Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?
6:27 Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless,
And make merchandise of your friend.
6:28 Now therefore be pleased to look upon me;
For surely I shall not lie to your face.
6:29 Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice;
Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.
6:30 Is there injustice on my tongue?
Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?

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