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Job 6

Job's Friends Are No Help

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Then Job  1answered,

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aOh that my grief were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my calamity!

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"For then it would be  aheavier than the sand of the seas; Therefore my words have been rash.

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"For the  aarrows of the Almighty are within me,  1Their  bpoison my spirit drinks; The  cterrors of God are arrayed against me.

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"Does the  awild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his fodder?

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"Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the  1white of an egg?

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"My soul  arefuses to touch them; They are like loathsome food to me.

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"Oh that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my longing!

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"Would that God were  awilling to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off!

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"But it is still my consolation, And I rejoice in unsparing pain, That I  ahave not  1denied the words of the Holy One.

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"What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should  1 aendure?

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"Is my strength the strength of stones, Or is my flesh bronze?

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"Is it that my  ahelp is not within me, And that  1 bdeliverance is driven from me?

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"For the  adespairing man there should be kindness from his friend; So that he does not  bforsake the  1fear of the Almighty.

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"My brothers have acted  adeceitfully like a  1wadi, Like the torrents of  1wadis which vanish,

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Which are turbid because of ice And into which the snow  1melts.

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"When  athey become waterless, they  1are silent, When it is hot, they vanish from their place.

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"The  1paths of their course wind along, They go up into nothing and perish.

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"The caravans of  aTema looked, The travelers of  bSheba hoped for them.

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"They  awere  1disappointed for they had trusted, They came there and were confounded.

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"Indeed, you have now become such,  aYou see a terror and are afraid.

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"Have I said, `Give me something,' Or, `Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,'

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Or, `Deliver me from the hand of the adversary,' Or, `Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants'?

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"Teach me, and  aI will be silent; And show me how I have erred.

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"How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?

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"Do you intend to reprove my words, When the  awords of one in despair belong to the wind?

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"You would even  acast lots for  bthe orphans And  cbarter over your friend.

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"Now please look at me, And see if I  alie to your face.

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"Desist now, let there be no injustice; Even desist,  amy righteousness is yet in it.

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"Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot  amy palate discern  1calamities?



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