job 6 Background Information with Maps and Images (Picture Study Bible

job 6

1 - Then Job answered,

2 - "Oh that my anguish were weighed,and all my calamity laid in the balances!

3 - For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas,therefore have my words been rash.

4 - For the arrows of the Almighty are within me.My spirit drinks up their poison.The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.

5 - Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass?Or does the ox low over his fodder?

6 - Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt?Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

7 - My soul refuses to touch them.They are as loathsome food to me.

8 - "Oh that I might have my request,that God would grant the thing that I long for,

9 - even that it would please God to crush me;that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

10 - Be it still my consolation,yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't spare,that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

11 - What is my strength, that I should wait?What is my end, that I should be patient?

12 - Is my strength the strength of stones?Or is my flesh of brass?

13 - Isn't it that I have no help in me,That wisdom is driven quite from me?

14 - "To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend;even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

15 - My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook,as the channel of brooks that pass away;

16 - Which are black by reason of the ice,in which the snow hides itself.

17 - In the dry season, they vanish.When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

18 - The caravans that travel beside them turn aside.They go up into the waste, and perish.

19 - The caravans of Tema looked.The companies of Sheba waited for them.

20 - They were distressed because they were confident.They came there, and were confounded.

21 - For now you are nothing.You see a terror, and are afraid.

22 - Did I say, 'Give to me?'or, 'Offer a present for me from your substance?'

23 - or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand?'or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?'

24 - "Teach me, and I will hold my peace.Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

25 - How forcible are words of uprightness!But your reproof, what does it reprove?

26 - Do you intend to reprove words,since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?

27 - Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless,and make merchandise of your friend.

28 - Now therefore be pleased to look at me,for surely I shall not lie to your face.

29 - Please return.Let there be no injustice.Yes, return again.My cause is righteous.

30 - Is there injustice on my tongue?Can't my taste discern mischievous things?

Select a Chapter

Select a Book of the Bible