Job 6:7 - Prayer Tents

Job’s Friends Are No Help

6THEN JOB answered,H347H6030H559

2Oh, that my impatience {and} vexation might be [thoroughly] weighed and all my calamity be laid up over against them in the balances, one against the other [to see if my grief is unmanly]!H3863H3708H8254H8254H1942H1962H5375H3976H3162

3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash {and} wild,H3513H2344H3220H1697H3886

4[But it is] because the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison which my spirit drinks up; the terrors of God set themselves in array against me.H2671H7706H5978H2534H8354H7307H1161H433H6186

5Does the wild ass bray when it has grass? Or does the ox low over its fodder?H6501H5101H1877H1600H7794H1098

6Can that which has no taste to it be eaten without salt? Or is there any flavor in the white of an egg?H8602H398H4417H3426H2940H7388H2495

7[These afflictions] my soul refuses to touch! Such things are like diseased food to me [sickening and repugnant]!H5315H3985H5060H1741H3899

8Oh, that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!H935H7596H433H5414H8615

9I even wish that it would please God to crush me, that He would let loose His hand and cut me off!H2974H433H1792H5425H3027H1214

10Then would I still have consolation--yes, I would leap [for joy] amid unsparing pain [though I shrink from it]--that I have not concealed {or} denied the words of the Holy One!H5165H5539H2427H2550H3582H561H6918

11What strength have I left, that I should wait {and} hope? And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient?H3581H3176H7093H748H5315

12Is my strength {and} endurance that of stones? Or is my flesh made of bronze?H3581H3581H68H1320H5153

13Is it not that I have no help in myself, and that wisdom is quite driven from me?H5833H8454H5080

14To him who is about to faint {and} despair, kindness is due from his friend, lest he forsake the fear of the Almighty.H4523H2617H7453H5800H3374H7706

15[You] my brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away,H251H898H5158H650H5158H5674

16Which are black {and} turbid by reason of the ice, {and} in which the snows hides itself;H6937H7140H7950H5956

17When they get warm, they shrink {and} disappear; when it is hot, they vanish out of their place.H6256H2215H6789H2527H1846H4725

18The caravans which travel by way of them turn aside; they go into the waste places and perish. [Such is my disappointment in you, the friends I fully trusted.]H734H1870H3943H5927H8414H6

19The caravans of Tema looked [for water], the companies of Sheba waited for them [in vain].H734H8485H5027H1979H7614H6960

20They were confounded because they had hoped [to find water]; they came there and were bitterly disappointed.H954H982H935H2659

21Now to me you are [like a dried-up brook]; you see my dismay {and} terror, and [believing me to be a victim of God's anger] you are afraid [to sympathize with me].H7200H2866H3372

22Did I ever say, Bring me a gift, or Pay a bribe on my account from your wealthH559H3051H7809H3581

23To deliver me from the adversary's hand, or Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?H4422H6862H3027H6299H3027H6184

24Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.H3384H2790H995H7686

25How forcible are words of straightforward speech! But what does your arguing argue {and} prove {or} your reproof reprove?H4834H3476H561H3198H3198

26Do you imagine your words to be an argument, but the speeches of one who is desperate to be as wind?H2803H3198H4405H561H2976H7307

27Yes, you would cast lots over the fatherless and bargain away your friend.H5307H3490H3738H7453

28Now be pleased to look upon me, that it may be evident to you if I lie [for surely I would not lie to your face].H2974H6437H6440H3576

29Return [from your suspicion], I pray you, let there be no injustice; yes, return again [to confidence in me], my vindication is in it.H7725H5766H7725H6664

30Is there wrong on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern what is destructive?H3426H5766H3956H2441H995H1942