1 Then|strong="H6030" Job answered|strong="H6030" and|strong="H6030" said|strong="H6030",
2 Oh|strong="H3863" that|strong="H3863" my|strong="H5375" vexation|strong="H3708" were|strong="H3708" but weighed|strong="H8254", and|strong="H5375" my|strong="H5375" calamity laid|strong="H5375" in|strong="H3162" the|strong="H5375" balances|strong="H3976" together|strong="H3162"!
3 For|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" it|strong="H5921" would|strong="H1697" be|strong="H1697" heavier|strong="H3513" than|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sand|strong="H2344" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" seas|strong="H3220": therefore|strong="H3651" have|strong="H1697" my|strong="H5921" words|strong="H1697" been|strong="H3886" rash|strong="H3886".
4 For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" arrows|strong="H2671" of|strong="H7307" the|strong="H3588" Almighty|strong="H7706" are|strong="H2671" within|strong="H5978" me|strong="H5978", the|strong="H3588" poison|strong="H2534" whereof my|strong="H3588" spirit|strong="H7307" drinketh|strong="H8354" up|strong="H8354": the|strong="H3588" terrors|strong="H1161" of|strong="H7307" God do set|strong="H6186" themselves|strong="H6186" in|strong="H7307" array|strong="H6186" against|strong="H6186" me|strong="H5978".
5 Doth the|strong="H5921" wild|strong="H6501" ass|strong="H6501" bray|strong="H5101" when|strong="H5921" he|strong="H5921" hath grass|strong="H1877"? or|strong="H7794" loweth|strong="H1600" the|strong="H5921" ox|strong="H7794" over|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" fodder|strong="H1098"?
6 Can|strong="H3426" that|strong="H3426" which|strong="H3426" hath|strong="H3426" no|strong="H1097" savour be|strong="H3426" eaten without|strong="H1097" salt|strong="H4417"? or is|strong="H3426" there|strong="H3426" any|strong="H3426" taste|strong="H2940" in|strong="H3426" the|strong="H3426" white|strong="H2495" of|strong="H1097" an|strong="H3426" egg|strong="H2495"?
7 My|strong="H5060" soul|strong="H5315" refuseth|strong="H3985" to|strong="H3985" touch|strong="H5060" them; they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" as|strong="H5315" loathsome|strong="H1741" meat|strong="H3899" to|strong="H3985" me|strong="H5315".
8 Oh|strong="H4310" that|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" might|strong="H7596" have|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" request|strong="H7596"; and|strong="H7596" that|strong="H5414" God|strong="H5414" would|strong="H4310" grant|strong="H5414" me the|strong="H5414" thing|strong="H7596" that|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" long for|strong="H5414".
9 Even that|strong="H3027" it|strong="H1214" would|strong="H2974" please|strong="H2974" God|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3027" crush|strong="H1792" me|strong="H1792"; that|strong="H3027" he|strong="H3027" would|strong="H2974" let loose|strong="H5425" his|strong="H3027" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" cut|strong="H1214" me|strong="H1792" off|strong="H1214"!
10 Then|strong="H1961" should|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" yet|strong="H5750" have|strong="H1961" comfort|strong="H5165"; yea|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" would exult in|strong="H5750" pain|strong="H2427" that|strong="H3588" spareth|strong="H2550" not|strong="H3808": for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" denied|strong="H3582" the|strong="H3588" words of|strong="H6918" the|strong="H3588" Holy|strong="H6918" One|strong="H6918".
11 What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" my|strong="H3588" strength|strong="H3581", that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" should|strong="H4100" wait|strong="H3176"? and|strong="H5315" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" mine end|strong="H7093", at|strong="H5315" I|strong="H3588" should|strong="H4100" be|strong="H5315" patient?
12 Is|strong="H1320" my|strong="H1320" strength|strong="H3581" the|strong="H3581" strength|strong="H3581" of|strong="H1320" stones? or|strong="H1320" is|strong="H1320" my|strong="H1320" flesh|strong="H1320" of|strong="H1320" brass|strong="H5153"?
13 Is|strong="H8454" it not|strong="H4480" that|strong="H4480" I|strong="H4480" have no|strong="H4480" help|strong="H5833" in|strong="H4480" me|strong="H4480", and|strong="H5080" that|strong="H4480" effectual working|strong="H8454" is|strong="H8454" driven|strong="H5080" quite|strong="H5080" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H4480"?
14 To|strong="H2617" him|strong="H5800" that|strong="H7453" is|strong="H2617" ready to|strong="H2617" faint kindness|strong="H2617" should be shewed from his|strong="H5800" friend|strong="H7453"; even|strong="H7453" to|strong="H2617" him|strong="H5800" that|strong="H7453" forsaketh|strong="H5800" the|strong="H5800" fear|strong="H3374" of|strong="H3374" the|strong="H5800" Almighty|strong="H7706".
15 My|strong="H5674" brethren have dealt deceitfully as|strong="H3644" a|strong="H3068" brook|strong="H5158", as|strong="H3644" the|strong="H5674" channel of|strong="H5158" brooks|strong="H5158" that|strong="H5158" pass|strong="H5674" away|strong="H5674";
16 Which are|strong="H6937" black|strong="H6937" by|strong="H5921" reason|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" ice|strong="H7140", and wherein the|strong="H5921" snow|strong="H7950" hideth|strong="H5956" itself:
17 What time|strong="H6256" they|strong="H6256" wax warm|strong="H2527", they|strong="H6256" vanish|strong="H1846": when|strong="H6256" it|strong="H4725" is|strong="H4725" hot|strong="H2527", they|strong="H6256" are consumed|strong="H6789" out|strong="H1846" of|strong="H6256" their|strong="H6256" place|strong="H4725".
18 The|strong="H5927" caravans that travel by|strong="H1870" the|strong="H5927" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H1870" them|strong="H5927" turn aside|strong="H3943"; they|strong="H5927" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" into|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5927" waste|strong="H8414", and|strong="H1870" perish.
19 The|strong="H5027" caravans of|strong="H1979" Tema|strong="H8485" looked|strong="H5027", the|strong="H5027" companies|strong="H1979" of|strong="H1979" Sheba|strong="H7614" waited|strong="H6960" for|strong="H6960" them.
20 They|strong="H3588" were ashamed|strong="H2659" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" hoped; they|strong="H3588" came thither, and|strong="H5704" were confounded|strong="H2659".
21 For|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" ye|strong="H7200" are|strong="H1961" nothing|strong="H3808"; ye|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3068" terror|strong="H2866", and|strong="H7200" are|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372".
22 Did I|strong="H3588" say, Give|strong="H3051" unto me|strong="H1157"? or|strong="H3588", offer|strong="H7809" a|strong="H3068" present for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H1157" of|strong="H3581" your|strong="H3588" substance|strong="H3581"?
23 Or|strong="H3027", Deliver|strong="H4422" me|strong="H3027" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" adversary|strong="H6862"’s hand|strong="H3027"? or|strong="H3027", Redeem|strong="H6299" me|strong="H3027" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" oppressors|strong="H6862"?
24 Teach|strong="H3384" me|strong="H4100", and|strong="H2790" I|strong="H4100" will|strong="H4100" hold my|strong="H4100" peace|strong="H2790": and|strong="H2790" cause me|strong="H4100" to|strong="H4100" understand wherein|strong="H4100" I|strong="H4100" have erred|strong="H7686".
25 How|strong="H4100" forcible|strong="H4834" are|strong="H4100" words of|strong="H4480" uprightness|strong="H3476"! but|strong="H3198" what|strong="H4100" doth your|strong="H4480" arguing|strong="H3198" reprove|strong="H3198"?
26 Do ye imagine|strong="H2803" to|strong="H2803" reprove|strong="H3198" words|strong="H4405"? seeing that|strong="H7307" the|strong="H2803" speeches|strong="H4405" of|strong="H7307" one that|strong="H7307" is|strong="H7307" desperate|strong="H2976" are as|strong="H2803" wind|strong="H7307".
27 Yea, ye would cast|strong="H5307" lots upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fatherless|strong="H3490", and|strong="H5307" make merchandise of|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" friend|strong="H7453".
28 Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H5921" be|strong="H6440" pleased|strong="H2974" to|strong="H5921" look|strong="H6437" upon|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440"; for|strong="H5921" surely I|strong="H5921" shall|strong="H6440" not|strong="H6440" lie|strong="H3576" to|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6440".
29 Return|strong="H7725", I|strong="H1961" pray|strong="H4994" you|strong="H7725", let|strong="H4994" there|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" no|strong="H1961" injustice|strong="H5766"; yea, return|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725", my|strong="H7725" cause|strong="H6664" is|strong="H1961" righteous|strong="H6664".
30 Is|strong="H3426" there|strong="H3426" injustice|strong="H5766" on|strong="H3808" my|strong="H3808" tongue|strong="H3956"? cannot|strong="H3808" my|strong="H3808" taste|strong="H2441" discern mischievous|strong="H1942" things|strong="H1942"?