But Job <H0347> answered <H6030> and said, <H0559>
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Oh that <H3863> my grief <H3708> were throughly <H8254> weighed, <H8254> and my calamity <H1942> <H1962> laid <H5375> in the balances <H3976> together! <H3162>
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For now it would be heavier <H3513> than the sand <H2344> of the sea: <H3220> therefore my words <H1697> are swallowed up. <H3886>
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For the arrows <H2671> of the Almighty <H7706> [are] within me, <H5978> the poison <H2534> whereof drinketh <H8354> up my spirit: <H7307> the terrors <H1161> of God <H0433> do set themselves in array <H6186> against me.
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Doth the wild ass <H6501> bray <H5101> when he hath grass? <H1877> or loweth <H1600> the ox <H7794> over his fodder? <H1098>
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Can that which is unsavoury <H8602> be eaten <H0398> without salt? <H4417> or is there <H3426> [any] taste <H2940> in the white <H7388> of an egg? <H2495>
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The things [that] my soul <H5315> refused <H3985> to touch <H5060> [are] as my sorrowful <H1741> meat. <H3899>
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Oh that <H5414> I might have <H0935> my request; <H7596> and that God <H0433> would grant <H5414> [me] the thing that I long for! <H8615>
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Even that it would please <H2974> God <H0433> to destroy <H1792> me; that he would let loose <H5425> his hand, <H3027> and cut me off! <H1214>
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Then should I yet have comfort; <H5165> yea, I would harden <H5539> myself in sorrow: <H2427> let him not spare; <H2550> for I have not concealed <H3582> the words <H0561> of the Holy One. <H6918>
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What [is] my strength, <H3581> that I should hope? <H3176> and what [is] mine end, <H7093> that I should prolong <H0748> my life? <H5315>
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[Is] my strength <H3581> the strength <H3581> of stones? <H0068> or [is] my flesh <H1320> of brass? <H5153>
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[Is] not my help <H5833> in me? and is wisdom <H8454> driven quite <H5080> from me?
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To him that is afflicted <H4523> pity <H2617> [should be shewed] from his friend; <H7453> but he forsaketh <H5800> the fear <H3374> of the Almighty. <H7706>
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My brethren <H0251> have dealt deceitfully <H0898> as a brook, <H5158> [and] as the stream <H0650> of brooks <H5158> they pass away; <H5674>
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Which are blackish <H6937> by reason of the ice, <H7140> [and] wherein the snow <H7950> is hid: <H5956>
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What time <H6256> they wax warm, <H2215> they vanish: <H6789> when it is hot, <H2527> they are consumed <H1846> out of their place. <H4725>
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The paths <H0734> of their way <H1870> are turned aside; <H3943> they go <H5927> to nothing, <H8414> and perish. <H0006>
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The troops <H0734> of Tema <H8485> looked, <H5027> the companies <H1979> of Sheba <H7614> waited <H6960> for them.
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They were confounded <H0954> because they had hoped; <H0982> they came <H0935> thither, and were ashamed. <H2659>
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For now ye are nothing; ye see <H7200> [my] casting down, <H2866> and are afraid. <H3372>
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Did I say, <H0559> Bring <H3051> unto me? or, Give a reward <H7809> for me of your substance? <H3581>
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Or, Deliver <H4422> me from the enemy's <H6862> hand? <H3027> or, Redeem <H6299> me from the hand <H3027> of the mighty? <H6184>
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Teach <H3384> me, and I will hold my tongue: <H2790> and cause me to understand <H0995> wherein I have erred. <H7686>
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How forcible <H4834> are right <H3476> words! <H0561> but what doth your arguing <H3198> reprove? <H3198>
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Do ye imagine <H2803> to reprove <H3198> words, <H4405> and the speeches <H0561> of one that is desperate, <H2976> [which are] as wind? <H7307>
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Yea, ye overwhelm <H5307> the fatherless, <H3490> and ye dig <H3738> [a pit] for your friend. <H7453>
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Now therefore be content, <H2974> look <H6437> upon me; for [it is] evident unto <H6440> you if I lie. <H3576>
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Return, <H7725> I pray you, let it not be iniquity; <H5766> yea, return <H7725> again, my righteousness <H6664> [is] in it.
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Is there <H3426> iniquity <H5766> in my tongue? <H3956> cannot my taste <H2441> discern <H0995> perverse things? <H1942>