Job 6 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

Job’s Friends Are No Help

6 Then Job [a]answered,

2 (A)Oh that my grief were actually weighed
And laid in the balances together with my calamity!
3 “For then it would be (B)heavier than the sand of the seas;
Therefore my words have been rash.
4 “For the (C)arrows of the Almighty are within me,
[b]Their (D)poison my spirit drinks;
The (E)terrors of God are arrayed against me.
5 “Does the (F)wild donkey bray over his grass,
Or does the ox low over his fodder?
6 “Can something tasteless be eaten without salt,
Or is there any taste in the [c]white of an egg?
7 “My soul (G)refuses to touch them;
They are like loathsome food to me.

8 “Oh that my request might come to pass,
And that God would grant my longing!
9 “Would that God were (H)willing to crush me,
That He would loose His hand and cut me off!
10 “But it is still my consolation,
And I rejoice in unsparing pain,
That I (I)have not [d]denied the words of the Holy One.
11 “What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should [e](J)endure?
12 “Is my strength the strength of stones,
Or is my flesh bronze?
13 “Is it that my (K)help is not within me,
And that [f](L)deliverance is driven from me?

14 “For the (M)despairing man there should be kindness from his friend;
So that he does not (N)forsake the [g]fear of the Almighty.
15 “My brothers have acted (O)deceitfully like a [h]wadi,
Like the torrents of [i]wadis which vanish,
16 Which are turbid because of ice
And into which the snow [j]melts.
17 “When (P)they become waterless, they [k]are silent,
When it is hot, they vanish from their place.
18 “The [l]paths of their course wind along,
They go up into nothing and perish.
19 “The caravans of (Q)Tema looked,
The travelers of (R)Sheba hoped for them.
20 “They (S)were [m]disappointed for they had trusted,
They came there and were confounded.
21 “Indeed, you have now become such,
(T)You see a terror and are afraid.
22 “Have I said, ‘Give me something,’
Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,’
23 Or, ‘Deliver me from the hand of the adversary,’
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants’?

24 “Teach me, and (U)I will be silent;
And show me how I have erred.
25 “How painful are honest words!
But what does your argument prove?
26 “Do you intend to reprove my words,
When the (V)words of one in despair belong to the wind?
27 “You would even (W)cast lots for (X)the orphans
And (Y)barter over your friend.
28 “Now please look at me,
And see if I (Z)lie to your face.
29 “Desist now, let there be no injustice;
Even desist, (AA)my righteousness is yet in it.
30 “Is there injustice on my tongue?
Cannot (AB)my palate discern [n]calamities?

Footnotes

  1. Job 6:1 Lit answered and said
  2. Job 6:4 Lit Whose
  3. Job 6:6 Heb hallamuth, meaning uncertain. Perhaps the juice of a plant
  4. Job 6:10 Lit hidden
  5. Job 6:11 Lit prolong my soul
  6. Job 6:13 So ancient versions
  7. Job 6:14 Or reverence
  8. Job 6:15 Or brooks
  9. Job 6:15 Or brooks
  10. Job 6:16 Lit hides itself
  11. Job 6:17 Or cease
  12. Job 6:18 Or caravans turn from their course, they go up into the waste and perish
  13. Job 6:20 Lit ashamed
  14. Job 6:30 Or words

Cross references

  1. Job 6:2 : Job 31:6
  2. Job 6:3 : Job 23:2
  3. Job 6:4 : Job 16:13; Ps 38:2
  4. Job 6:4 : Job 20:16; 21:20
  5. Job 6:4 : Job 30:15
  6. Job 6:5 : Job 39:5-8
  7. Job 6:7 : Job 3:24; 33:20
  8. Job 6:9 : Num 11:15; 1 Kin 19:4; Job 7:16; 9:21; 10:1
  9. Job 6:10 : Job 22:22; 23:11, 12
  10. Job 6:11 : Job 21:4
  11. Job 6:13 : Job 26:2
  12. Job 6:13 : Job 26:3
  13. Job 6:14 : Job 4:5
  14. Job 6:14 : Job 1:5; 15:4
  15. Job 6:15 : Jer 15:18
  16. Job 6:17 : Job 24:19
  17. Job 6:19 : Gen 25:15; Is 21:14; Jer 25:23
  18. Job 6:19 : Job 1:15
  19. Job 6:20 : Jer 14:3
  20. Job 6:21 : Ps 38:11
  21. Job 6:24 : Ps 39:1
  22. Job 6:26 : Job 8:2; 15:2; 16:3
  23. Job 6:27 : Joel 3:3; Nah 3:10
  24. Job 6:27 : Job 22:9; 24:3, 9
  25. Job 6:27 : 2 Pet 2:3
  26. Job 6:28 : Job 27:4; 33:3; 36:4
  27. Job 6:29 : Job 13:18; 19:6; 23:10; 27:5, 6; 34:5; 42:1-6
  28. Job 6:30 : Job 12:11

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