6Job 6

CHAP. VI. / 1 Iob sheweth that his complaints are not causelesse. 8 Hee wisheth for death, wherein he is assured of comfort. 14 He reprooueth his friends of vnkindnesse.

1But Iob answered, and sayd,Select Job 6:1

2Oh that my griefe were throughly weighed, and my calamitie layd in the balances together.Select Job 6:2

3For now it would be heauier then the sand of the sea, therefore my words are swallowed vp.Select Job 6:3

4For the arrowes of the Almightie are within me, the poyson whereof drinketh vp my spirit: the terrors of God doe set themselues in aray against mee.Select Job 6:4

5Doeth the wilde asse bray when he hath grasse? or loweth the oxe ouer his fodder?Select Job 6:5

6Can that which is vnsauery, bee eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egge?Select Job 6:6

7The things that my soule refused to touch, are as my sorrowfull meat.Select Job 6:7

8O that I might haue my request! and that God would graunt mee the thing that I long for!Select Job 6:8

9Euen that it would please God to destroy mee, that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off.Select Job 6:9

10Then should I yet haue comfort, yea I would harden my selfe in sorrow; let him not spare, for I haue not concealed the words of the holy One.Select Job 6:10

11What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine ende, that I should prolong my life?Select Job 6:11

12Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brasse?Select Job 6:12

13Is not my helpe in me? and is wisedome driuen quite from me?Select Job 6:13

14To him that is afflicted, pitie should be shewed from his friend; But he forsaketh the feare of the Almighty.Select Job 6:14

15My brethren haue delt deceitfully as a brooke, & as the streame of brookes they passe away,Select Job 6:15

16Which are blackish by reason of the yce, and wherein the snow is hid:Select Job 6:16

17What time they waxe warme, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.Select Job 6:17

18The pathes of their way are turned aside; they goe to nothing, and perish.Select Job 6:18

19The troupes of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.Select Job 6:19

20They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.Select Job 6:20

21For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting downe, and are afraid.Select Job 6:21

22Did I say, Bring vnto mee? or giue a reward for me of your substance?Select Job 6:22

23Or deliuer me from the enemies hand, or redeeme me from the hand of the mighty?Select Job 6:23

24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause mee to vnderstand wherein I haue erred.Select Job 6:24

25How forcible are right wordes? but what doeth your arguing reproue?Select Job 6:25

26Do ye imagine to reproue words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as winde?Select Job 6:26

27Yea, ye ouerwhelme the fatherlesse, and you digge a pit for your friend.Select Job 6:27

28Now therefore be content, looke vpon mee, for it is euident vnto you, if I lie.Select Job 6:28

29Returne, I pray you, let it not be iniquitie; yea returne againe: my righteousnesse is in it.Select Job 6:29

30Is there iniquitie in my tongue? cannot my taste discerne peruerse things?Select Job 6:30