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Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just
Then Job answered and said:
Then Job answered and said:
Job Replies: My Complaint is Just
But Job answered and said,
But Job answered and said,
“Oh that my vexation were weighed,
and all my calamity laid in the balances!
and all my calamity laid in the balances!
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea;
therefore my words have been rash.
therefore my words have been rash.
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
For the arrows of the Almighty are in me;
my spirit drinks their poison;
the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
my spirit drinks their poison;
the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
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.
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass,
or the ox low over his fodder?
or the ox low over his fodder?
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
“Oh that I might have my request,
and that God would fulfill my hope,
and that God would fulfill my hope,
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
that it would please God to crush me,
that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
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.
What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should be patient?
And what is my end, that I should be patient?
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
Have I any help in me,
when resource is driven from me?
when resource is driven from me?
Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed,
as torrential streams that pass away,
as torrential streams that pass away,
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
which are dark with ice,
and where the snow hides itself.
and where the snow hides itself.
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
When they melt, they disappear;
when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
The caravans turn aside from their course;
they go up into the waste and perish.
they go up into the waste and perish.
The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
The caravans of Tema look,
the travelers of Sheba hope.
the travelers of Sheba hope.
The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
They are ashamed because they were confident;
they come there and are disappointed.
they come there and are disappointed.
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
For you have now become nothing;
you see my calamity and are afraid.
you see my calamity and are afraid.
For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’?
Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’?
Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’?
Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’?
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?
Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
“Teach me, and I will be silent;
make me understand how I have gone astray.
make me understand how I have gone astray.
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
How forceful are upright words!
But what does reproof from you reprove?
But what does reproof from you reprove?
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
Do you think that you can reprove words,
when the speech of a despairing man is wind?
when the speech of a despairing man is wind?
Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
You would even cast lots over the fatherless,
and bargain over your friend.
and bargain over your friend.
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
“But now, be pleased to look at me,
for I will not lie to your face.
for I will not lie to your face.
Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
Please turn; let no injustice be done.
Turn now; my vindication is at stake.
Turn now; my vindication is at stake.
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.