JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 6Webster - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Job 1Job 2Job 3Job 4Job 5Job 6Job 7Job 8Job 9Job 10Job 11Job 12Job 13Job 14Job 15Job 16Job 17Job 18Job 19Job 20Job 21Job 22Job 23Job 24Job 25Job 26Job 27Job 28Job 29Job 30Job 31Job 32Job 33Job 34Job 35Job 36Job 37Job 38Job 39Job 40Job 41Job 42›Job 6ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1But Job answered and said, 2Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! 3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. 4For the arrows of the Almighty [are] within me, the poison of which drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God set themselves in array against me. 5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? 6Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? or is there [any] taste in the white of an egg? 7The things [that] my soul refused to touch [are] as my sorrowful food. 8Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for! 9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! 10Then should I yet have comfort; yes, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. 11What [is] my strength, that I should hope? and what [is] my end, that I should prolong my life? 12[Is] my strength the strength of stones? or [is] my flesh of brass? 13[Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me? 14To him that is afflicted pity [should be shown] from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. 15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, [and] as the stream of brooks they pass away; 16Which are blackish by reason of the ice, [and] in which the snow is hid: 17In the time when they become warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. 18The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. 19The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. 20They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. 21For now ye are nothing: ye see [my] casting down, and are afraid. 22Did I say, Bring to me? or Give a reward for me of your substance? 23Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? 24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand in what I have erred. 25How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? 26Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, [which are] as wind? 27Yes, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig [a pit] for your friend. 28Now therefore be content, look upon me; for [it is] evident to you if I lie. 29Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yes, return again, my righteousness [is] in it. 30Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? ‹Previous chapterJob 5Next chapterJob 7›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsJob 6 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain