Job 6 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Job 7

¹“Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth? Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand?

KJVIs there not an appointed time^H6635 to man^H582 upon earth^H776? are not his days^H3117 also like the days^H3117 of an hireling^H7916?

² As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,

KJVAs a servant^H5650 earnestly desireth^H7602^(H8799) the shadow^H6738, and as an hireling^H7916 looketh^H6960^(H8762) for the reward of his work^H6467:

³ so I am made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.

KJVSo am I made to possess^H5157^(H8717) months^H3391 of vanity^H7723, and wearisome^H5999 nights^H3915 are appointed^H4487^(H8765) to me.

⁴ When I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.

KJVWhen I lie down^H7901^(H8804), I say^H559^(H8804), When shall I arise^H6965^(H8799), and the night^H6153 be gone^H4059? and I am full^H7646^(H8804) of tossings to and fro^H5076 unto the dawning of the day^H5399.

⁵ My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.

KJVMy flesh^H1320 is clothed^H3847^(H8804) with worms^H7415 and clods^H1487 of dust^H6083; my skin^H5785 is broken^H7280^(H8804), and become loathsome^H3988^(H8735).

⁶ My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.

KJVMy days^H3117 are swifter^H7043^(H8804) than a weaver's shuttle^H708, and are spent^H3615^(H8799) without^H657 hope^H8615.

⁷ Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye will no more see good.

KJVO remember^H2142^(H8798) that my life^H2416 is wind^H7307: mine eye^H5869 shall no more^H7725^(H8799) see^H7200^(H8800) good^H2896.

⁸ The eye of him who sees me will see me no more. Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.

KJVThe eye^H5869 of him that hath seen^H7210 me shall see^H7789^(H8799) me no more: thine eyes^H5869 are upon me, and I am not.

⁹ As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more.

KJVAs the cloud^H6051 is consumed^H3615^(H8804) and vanisheth away^H3212^(H8799): so he that goeth down^H3381^(H8802) to the grave^H7585 shall come up^H5927^(H8799) no more.

¹⁰ He will return no more to his house, neither will his place know him any more.

KJVHe shall return^H7725^(H8799) no more to his house^H1004, neither shall his place^H4725 know^H5234^(H8686) him any more.

¹¹ “Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

KJVTherefore I will not refrain^H2820^(H8799) my mouth^H6310; I will speak^H1696^(H8762) in the anguish^H6862 of my spirit^H7307; I will complain^H7878^(H8799) in the bitterness^H4751 of my soul^H5315.

¹² Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?

KJVAm I a sea^H3220, or a whale^H8577, that thou settest^H7760^(H8799) a watch^H4929 over me?

¹³ When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me. My couch will ease my complaint,’

KJVWhen I say^H559^(H8804), My bed^H6210 shall comfort^H5162^(H8762) me, my couch^H4904 shall ease^H5375^(H8799) my complaint^H7879;

¹⁴ then you scare me with dreams and terrify me through visions,

KJVThen thou scarest^H2865^(H8765) me with dreams^H2472, and terrifiest^H1204^(H8762) me through visions^H2384:

¹⁵ so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.

KJVSo that my soul^H5315 chooseth^H977^(H8799) strangling^H4267, and death^H4194 rather than my life^H6106.

¹⁶ I loathe my life. I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

KJVI loathe^H3988^(H8804) it; I would not live^H2421^(H8799) alway^H5769: let me alone^H2308^(H8798); for my days^H3117 are vanity^H1892.

¹⁷ What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,

KJVWhat is man^H582, that thou shouldest magnify^H1431^(H8762) him? and that thou shouldest set^H7896^(H8799) thine heart^H3820 upon him?

¹⁸ that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?

KJVAnd that thou shouldest visit^H6485^(H8799) him every morning^H1242, and try^H974^(H8799) him every moment^H7281?

¹⁹ How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?

KJVHow long^H4100 wilt thou not depart^H8159^(H8799) from me, nor let me alone^H7503^(H8686) till I swallow down^H1104^(H8800) my spittle^H7536?

²⁰ If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden to myself?

KJVI have sinned^H2398^(H8804); what shall I do^H6466^(H8799) unto thee, O thou preserver^H5341^(H8802) of men^H120? why hast thou set^H7760^(H8804) me as a mark^H4645 against thee, so that I am a burden^H4853 to myself?

²¹ Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now will I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I will not be.”

KJVAnd why dost thou not pardon^H5375^(H8799) my transgression^H6588, and take away^H5674^(H8686) mine iniquity^H5771? for now shall I sleep^H7901^(H8799) in the dust^H6083; and thou shalt seek me in the morning^H7836^(H8765), but I shall not be.

WEB·Job 6

¹Then Job answered,

KJVBut Job^H347 answered^H6030^(H8799) and said^H559^(H8799),

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

KJVOh that^H3863 my grief^H3708 were throughly^H8254^(H8800) weighed^H8254^(H8735), and my calamity^H1942^(H8675)^H1962 laid^H5375^(H8799) in the balances^H3976 together^H3162!

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

KJVFor now it would be heavier^H3513^(H8799) than the sand^H2344 of the sea^H3220: therefore my words^H1697 are swallowed up^H3886^(H8804).

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.

KJVFor the arrows^H2671 of the Almighty^H7706 are within^H5978 me, the poison^H2534 whereof drinketh up^H8354^(H8802) my spirit^H7307: the terrors^H1161 of God^H433 do set themselves in array^H6186^(H8799) against me.

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

KJVDoth the wild ass^H6501 bray^H5101^(H8799) when he hath grass^H1877? or loweth^H1600^(H8799) the ox^H7794 over his fodder^H1098?

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

KJVCan that which is unsavoury^H8602 be eaten^H398^(H8735) without salt^H4417? or is there^H3426 any taste^H2940 in the white^H7388 of an egg^H2495?

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

KJVThe things that my soul^H5315 refused^H3985^(H8765) to touch^H5060^(H8800) are as my sorrowful^H1741 meat^H3899.

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

KJVOh that I might have^H935^(H8799) my request^H7596; and that God^H433 would grant^H5414^(H8799) me the thing that I long for^H8615!

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

KJVEven that it would please^H2974^(H8686) God^H433 to destroy^H1792^(H8762) me; that he would let loose^H5425^(H8686) his hand^H3027, and cut me off^H1214^(H8762)!

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

KJVThen should I yet have comfort^H5165; yea, I would harden^H5539^(H8762) myself in sorrow^H2427: let him not spare^H2550^(H8799); for I have not concealed^H3582^(H8765) the words^H561 of the Holy One^H6918.

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

KJVWhat is my strength^H3581, that I should hope^H3176^(H8762)? and what is mine end^H7093, that I should prolong^H748^(H8686) my life^H5315?

¹² Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of bronze?

KJVIs my strength^H3581 the strength^H3581 of stones^H68? or is my flesh^H1320 of brass^H5153?

¹³ Isn’t it that I have no help in me, that wisdom is driven away from me?

KJVIs not my help^H5833 in me? and is wisdom^H8454 driven quite^H5080^(H8738) 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.

KJVTo him that is afflicted^H4523 pity^H2617 should be shewed from his friend^H7453; but he forsaketh^H5800^(H8799) the fear^H3374 of the Almighty^H7706.

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

KJVMy brethren^H251 have dealt deceitfully^H898^(H8804) as a brook^H5158, and as the stream^H650 of brooks^H5158 they pass away^H5674^(H8799);

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

KJVWhich are blackish^H6937^(H8802) by reason of the ice^H7140, and wherein the snow^H7950 is hid^H5956^(H8691):

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

KJVWhat time^H6256 they wax warm^H2215^(H8792), they vanish^H6789^(H8738): when it is hot^H2527, they are consumed out^H1846^(H8738) of their place^H4725.

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

KJVThe paths^H734 of their way^H1870 are turned aside^H3943^(H8735); they go^H5927^(H8799) to nothing^H8414, and perish^H6^(H8799).

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

KJVThe troops^H734 of Tema^H8485 looked^H5027^(H8689), the companies^H1979 of Sheba^H7614 waited^H6960^(H8765) for them.

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

KJVThey were confounded^H954^(H8804) because they had hoped^H982^(H8804); they came^H935^(H8804) thither, and were ashamed^H2659^(H8799).

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

KJVFor now ye are nothing; ye see^H7200^(H8799) my casting down^H2866, and are afraid^H3372^(H8799).

²² Did I ever say, ‘Give to me’? or, ‘Offer a present for me from your substance’?

KJVDid I say^H559^(H8804), Bring^H3051^(H8798) unto me? or, Give a reward^H7809^(H8798) for me of your substance^H3581?

²³ or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’? or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors’?

KJVOr, Deliver^H4422^(H8761) me from the enemy's^H6862 hand^H3027? or, Redeem^H6299^(H8799) me from the hand^H3027 of the mighty^H6184?

²⁴ “Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand my error.

KJVTeach^H3384^(H8685) me, and I will hold my tongue^H2790^(H8686): and cause me to understand^H995^(H8685) wherein I have erred^H7686^(H8804).

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

KJVHow forcible^H4834^(H8738) are right^H3476 words^H561! but what doth your arguing^H3198^(H8687) reprove^H3198^(H8686)?

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

KJVDo ye imagine^H2803^(H8799) to reprove^H3198^(H8687) words^H4405, and the speeches^H561 of one that is desperate^H2976^(H8737), which are as wind^H7307?

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

KJVYea, ye overwhelm^H5307^(H8686) the fatherless^H3490, and ye dig^H3738^(H8799) a pit for your friend^H7453.

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

KJVNow therefore be content^H2974^(H8685), look^H6437^(H8798) upon me; for it is evident^H6440 unto you if I lie^H3576^(H8762).

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

KJVReturn^H7725^(H8798), I pray you, let it not be iniquity^H5766; yea, return again^H7725^(H8798), my righteousness^H6664 is in it.

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

KJVIs there^H3426 iniquity^H5766 in my tongue^H3956? cannot my taste^H2441 discern^H995^(H8799) perverse things^H1942?

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