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Job’s Second Speech: A Response to Eliphaz
Then Job spoke again:
Then Job spoke again:
Job’s Friends Are No Help
Then Job answered,
Then Job answered,
“If my misery could be weighed
and my troubles be put on the scales,
and my troubles be put on the scales,
“Oh that my grief were actually weighed
And laid in the balances together with my calamity!
And laid in the balances together with my calamity!
they would outweigh all the sands of the sea.
That is why I spoke impulsively.
That is why I spoke impulsively.
“For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas;
Therefore my words have been rash.
Therefore my words have been rash.
For the Almighty has struck me down with his arrows.
Their poison infects my spirit.
God’s terrors are lined up against me.
Their poison infects my spirit.
God’s terrors are lined up against me.
“For the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
Their poison my spirit drinks;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Their poison my spirit drinks;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Don’t I have a right to complain?
Don’t wild donkeys bray when they find no grass,
and oxen bellow when they have no food?
Don’t wild donkeys bray when they find no grass,
and oxen bellow when they have no food?
“Does the wild donkey bray over his grass,
Or does the ox low over his fodder?
Or does the ox low over his fodder?
“Can something tasteless be eaten without salt,
Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
My appetite disappears when I look at it;
I gag at the thought of eating it!
I gag at the thought of eating it!
“My soul refuses to touch them;
They are like loathsome food to me.
They are like loathsome food to me.
“Oh, that I might have my request,
that God would grant my desire.
that God would grant my desire.
“Oh that my request might come to pass,
And that God would grant my longing!
And that God would grant my longing!
I wish he would crush me.
I wish he would reach out his hand and kill me.
I wish he would reach out his hand and kill me.
“Would that God were willing to crush me,
That He would loose His hand and cut me off!
That He would loose His hand and cut me off!
At least I can take comfort in this:
Despite the pain,
I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
Despite the pain,
I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
“But it is still my consolation,
And I rejoice in unsparing pain,
That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
And I rejoice in unsparing pain,
That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
But I don’t have the strength to endure.
I have nothing to live for.
I have nothing to live for.
“What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should endure?
And what is my end, that I should endure?
Do I have the strength of a stone?
Is my body made of bronze?
Is my body made of bronze?
“Is my strength the strength of stones,
Or is my flesh bronze?
Or is my flesh bronze?
No, I am utterly helpless,
without any chance of success.
without any chance of success.
“Is it that my help is not within me,
And that deliverance is driven from me?
And that deliverance is driven from me?
“For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend;
So that he does not forsake the fear of the Almighty.
So that he does not forsake the fear of the Almighty.
My brothers, you have proved as unreliable as a seasonal brook
that overflows its banks in the spring
that overflows its banks in the spring
“My brothers have acted deceitfully like a wadi,
Like the torrents of wadis which vanish,
Like the torrents of wadis which vanish,
when it is swollen with ice and melting snow.
Which are turbid because of ice
And into which the snow melts.
And into which the snow melts.
But when the hot weather arrives, the water disappears.
The brook vanishes in the heat.
The brook vanishes in the heat.
“When they become waterless, they are silent,
When it is hot, they vanish from their place.
When it is hot, they vanish from their place.
The caravans turn aside to be refreshed,
but there is nothing to drink, so they die.
but there is nothing to drink, so they die.
“The paths of their course wind along,
They go up into nothing and perish.
They go up into nothing and perish.
The caravans from Tema search for this water;
the travelers from Sheba hope to find it.
the travelers from Sheba hope to find it.
“The caravans of Tema looked,
The travelers of Sheba hoped for them.
The travelers of Sheba hoped for them.
They count on it but are disappointed.
When they arrive, their hopes are dashed.
When they arrive, their hopes are dashed.
“They were disappointed for they had trusted,
They came there and were confounded.
They came there and were confounded.
You, too, have given no help.
You have seen my calamity, and you are afraid.
You have seen my calamity, and you are afraid.
“Indeed, you have now become such,
You see a terror and are afraid.
You see a terror and are afraid.
But why? Have I ever asked you for a gift?
Have I begged for anything of yours for myself?
Have I begged for anything of yours for myself?
“Have I said, ‘Give me something,’
Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,’
Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,’
Have I asked you to rescue me from my enemies,
or to save me from ruthless people?
or to save me from ruthless people?
Or, ‘Deliver me from the hand of the adversary,’
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants’?
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants’?
Teach me, and I will keep quiet.
Show me what I have done wrong.
Show me what I have done wrong.
“Teach me, and I will be silent;
And show me how I have erred.
And show me how I have erred.
Honest words can be painful,
but what do your criticisms amount to?
but what do your criticisms amount to?
“How painful are honest words!
But what does your argument prove?
But what does your argument prove?
Do you think your words are convincing
when you disregard my cry of desperation?
when you disregard my cry of desperation?
“Do you intend to reprove my words,
When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?
When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?
“You would even cast lots for the orphans
And barter over your friend.
And barter over your friend.
Stop assuming my guilt,
for I have done no wrong.
for I have done no wrong.
“Desist now, let there be no injustice;
Even desist, my righteousness is yet in it.
Even desist, my righteousness is yet in it.