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1 Then Job answered: Then Job answered and said: Then Job replied:
2 If only my grief could be weighed and my devastation placed with it on 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 then it would outweigh the sand of the seas! That is why my words are 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 Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks their poison. God’s terrors 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 a wild donkey bray over fresh grass or an ox low 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 bland food eaten without salt? Is there flavor in an egg white? 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 I refuse to touch them; they are like contaminated 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 If only my request would be granted and God would provide what I hope for: “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 that he would decide to crush me, to unleash his power 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 It would still bring me comfort, and I would leap for joy in unrelenting pain that I have not denied 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 strength do I have, that I should continue to hope? What is my future, that I should be patient? 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 that of stone, or 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 Since I cannot help myself, the hope for success has been banished 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 A despairing man should receive loyalty from his friends, even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty. “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 as treacherous as a wadi, as seasonal streams that overflow 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 and become darkened because of ice, and the snow melts into them. which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself. when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,
17 The wadis evaporate in warm weather; they disappear from their channels in hot weather. 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 Caravans turn away from their routes, go up into the desert, 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 for these streams. The traveling merchants 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 because they had been confident of finding water. When they arrive there, they are disappointed. 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 So this is what you have now become to me. When you see something dreadful, 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 Have I ever said, “Give me something” or “Pay a bribe for me from your wealth” 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 enemy’s hand” or “Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless”? 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. Help me understand what I did wrong. “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 honest words can be! But what does your rebuke 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 that you can disprove my words or that a despairing man’s words are mere 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 No doubt you would cast lots for a fatherless child and negotiate a price to sell 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 But now, please look at me; I will not 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 Reconsider; don’t be unjust. Reconsider; my righteousness is still the issue. 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 or can my palate not taste disaster? 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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