| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Then Job answered, |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2"Oh that my grief were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my calamity! |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3"For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; Therefore my words have been rash. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4"For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, Their poison my spirit drinks; The terrors of God are arrayed against me. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5"Does the wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his fodder? |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6"Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7"My soul refuses to touch them; They are like loathsome food to me. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8"Oh that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my longing! |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9"Would that God were willing to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off! |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10"But it is still my consolation, And I rejoice in unsparing pain, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11"What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should endure? |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12"Is my strength the strength of stones, Or is my flesh bronze? |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13"Is it that my help is not within me, And that deliverance is driven from me? |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14"For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend; So that he does not forsake the fear of the Almighty. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15"My brothers have acted deceitfully like a wadi, Like the torrents of wadis which vanish, |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Which are turbid because of ice And into which the snow melts. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17"When they become waterless, they are silent, When it is hot, they vanish from their place. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18"The paths of their course wind along, They go up into nothing and perish. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19"The caravans of Tema looked, The travelers of Sheba hoped for them. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20"They were disappointed for they had trusted, They came there and were confounded. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21"Indeed, you have now become such, You see a terror and are afraid. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22"Have I said, 'Give me something,' Or, 'Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,' |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Or, 'Deliver me from the hand of the adversary,' Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants '? |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24"Teach me, and I will be silent; And show me how I have erred. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25"How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove? |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26"Do you intend to reprove my words, When the words of one in despair belong to the wind? |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27"You would even cast lots for the orphans And barter over your friend. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28"Now please look at me, And see if I lie to your face. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29"Desist now, let there be no injustice; Even desist, my righteousness is yet in it. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30"Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern calamities? |
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