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1 And Job answered and said: Then Job answered and said: Then Job replied:
2 “If only my grief and my calamity could be weighed thoroughly, lifting it up together in the scales! “Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances! “If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!
3 For now it is heavy, more than the sand of the sea; and upon thus my words have been rash. For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash. It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been impetuous.
4 For the arrows of Shaddai are within me, whose poison my spirit is drinking in; the terrors of God are arrayed against me. For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me. The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
5 Does the wild donkey bray over its grass? Or the ox bellow over its fodder? Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass, or the ox low over his fodder? Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?
6 Is the unsavory eaten without salt? Or is there flavor in the white of an egg? Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow? Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow?
7 My soul refuses to touch them; they are are like disease in my food. My appetite refuses to touch them; they are as food that is loathsome to me. I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill.
8 Who shall grant that my request would come? That God may grant my hope! “Oh that I might have my request, and that God would fulfill my hope, “Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,
9 If God were willing to crush me, to let loose His hand and cut me off! that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off! that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut off my life!
10 And yet this would be my comfort, and I would leap for joy in my anguish—he does not spare, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. This would be my comfort; I would even exult in pain unsparing, for I have not denied the words of the Holy One. Then I would still have this consolation— my joy in unrelenting pain— that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.
11 What is my strength, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should prolong my life? What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient? “What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh made of bronze? Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze? Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze?
13 Is there no help for me in me, when success has been taken away from me? Have I any help in me, when resource is driven from me? Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me?
14 To one despairing from his friends there should be kindness, and the fear of Shaddai he forsakes. “He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty. “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15 My brothers are treacherous like a wadi, like a channel of wadis they pass away, My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed, as torrential streams that pass away, But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow
16 those being darkened from the ice, upon which the snow hides itself. which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself. when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,
17 In the time of burning heat they are cut off; in the heat they are extinguished from their place. When they melt, they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place. but that stop flowing in the dry season, and in the heat vanish from their channels.
18 The caravans turn aside from their paths; they go up into the wasteland and perish. The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the waste and perish. Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go off into the wasteland and perish.
19 The caravans of Tema look on; the travelers of Sheba hope for them. The caravans of Tema look, the travelers of Sheba hope. The caravans of Tema look for water, the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope.
20 They are ashamed that they had trusted; they come unto her and are confounded. They are ashamed because they were confident; they come there and are disappointed. They are distressed, because they had been confident; they arrive there, only to be disappointed.
21 For now you⁺ are nothing; you⁺ see terror, and you⁺ are afraid. For you have now become nothing; you see my calamity and are afraid. Now you too have proved to be of no help; you see something dreadful and are afraid.
22 Is it that I said, ‘Give to me, or from your⁺ strength offer a bribe on my behalf? Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’? Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’? Have I ever said, ‘Give something on my behalf, pay a ransom for me from your wealth,
23 Or Deliver me from the hand of the enemy, or ransom me from the hand of dreadful ones’? Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’? Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’? deliver me from the hand of the enemy, rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless’?
24 teach me, and I will be silent, and give understanding to me of how I have erred. “Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone astray. “Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong.
25 How painful are upright words! Yet what does your⁺ argument prove? How forceful are upright words! But what does reproof from you reprove? How painful are honest words! But what do your arguments prove?
26 Do you⁺ think to correct my words? And are the sayings of one despairing for wind? Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man is wind? Do you mean to correct what I say, and treat my desperate words as wind?
27 Indeed, over the fatherless you⁺ make it fall, and you⁺ would trade away your⁺ friend. You would even cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend. You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend.
28 And now, may you be willing to turn toward me, or would I lie to your⁺ face? “But now, be pleased to look at me, for I will not lie to your face. “But now be so kind as to look at me. Would I lie to your face?
29 Turn, please, let there not be injustice; and turn even now—my righteousness is in it. Please turn; let no injustice be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake. Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my integrity is at stake.
30 Is there injustice on my tongue? Can my palate not discern malice? Is there any injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity? Is there any wickedness on my lips? Can my mouth not discern malice?
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