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\c 6
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\p
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\v 1 Then Job answered and said,
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\v 2 “Oh, if only my anguish were weighed;
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\q if only all my calamity were laid in the balance!
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\q
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\v 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas.
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\q That is why my words were reckless.
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\q
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\v 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are in me,
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\q my spirit drinks up the poison;
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\q the terrors of God have arranged themselves in array against me.
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\q
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\v 5 Does the wild donkey bray in despair when he has grass?
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\q Or does the ox low in hunger when it has fodder?
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\q
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\v 6 Can that which has no taste be eaten without salt?
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\q Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
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\q
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\v 7 I refuse to touch them;
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\q they are like disgusting food to me.
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\b
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\q
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\v 8 Oh, that I might have my request;
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\q oh, that God would grant me the thing I long for:
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\q
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\v 9 that it would please God to crush me once,
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\q that he would let loose his hand and cut me off from this life!
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\q
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\v 10 May this still be my consolation—
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\q even if I exult in pain that does not lessen:
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\q that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
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\q
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\v 11 What is my strength, that I should try to wait?
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\q What is my end, that I should prolong my life?
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\q
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\v 12 Is my strength the strength of stones?
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\q Or is my flesh made of bronze?
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\q
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\v 13 Is it not true that I have no help in myself,
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\q and that wisdom has been driven out of me?
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\b
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\q
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\v 14 To the person who is about to faint, faithfulness should be shown by his friend;
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\q even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
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\q
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\v 15 But my brothers have been as faithful to me as a desert streambed,
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\q as channels of water that pass away to nothing,
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\q
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\v 16 which are darkened because of ice over them,
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\q and because of the snow that hides itself in them.
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\q
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\v 17 When they thaw out, they vanish;
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\q when it is hot, they melt out of their place.
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\q
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\v 18 The caravans that travel by their way turn aside for water;
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\q they wander into barren land and then perish.
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\q
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\v 19 Caravans from Tema looked there,
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\q while companies of Sheba hoped in them.
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\q
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\v 20 They were disappointed because they had been confident of finding water;
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\q They went there, but they were deceived.
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\q
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\v 21 For now you friends are nothing to me;
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\q you see my dreadful situation and are afraid.
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\q
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\v 22 Did I say to you, ‘Give something to me?'
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\q Or, ‘Offer me a gift from your wealth?'
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\q
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\v 23 Or, ‘Save me from my adversary’s hand?'
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\q Or, ‘Ransom me from the hand of my oppressors?'
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\b
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\q
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\v 24 Teach me, and I will hold my peace;
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\q make me understand where I have been wrong.
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\q
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\v 25 How painful are truthful words!
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\q But your arguments, how do they actually rebuke me?
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\q
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\v 26 Do you plan to ignore
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my words,
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\q treating the words of a desperate man like the wind?
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\q
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\v 27 Indeed, you cast lots for a fatherless child,
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\q and haggle over your friend like merchandise.
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\q
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\v 28 Now, therefore, please look at me,
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\q for surely I would not lie to your face.
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\q
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\v 29 Relent, I beg you; let there be no injustice with you;
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\q Indeed, relent, for my cause is just.
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\q
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\v 30 Is there evil on my tongue?
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\q Cannot my mouth detect malicious things?
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