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Job 6
King James Version (1769 Blayney revision, with Apocrypha) · Berean Standard Bible
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid (note: Heb. lifted up) in the balances together!
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For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up (note: That is, I want words to express my grief).
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For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
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Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? (note: Heb. at grass) or loweth the ox over his fodder?
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Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
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Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! (note: Heb. my expectation)
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Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
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Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
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What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
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To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
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What time they wax warm, they vanish (note: Heb. they are cut off): when it is hot (note: Heb. in the heat thereof), they are consumed (note: Heb. extinguished) out of their place.
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Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
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Yea, ye overwhelm (note: Heb. ye cause to fall upon) the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
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Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you (note: Heb. before your face) if I lie.
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Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it (note: that is, in this matter).
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Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste (note: Heb. my palate) discern perverse things?
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