Job 6
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1But Job answered and said,
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2Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
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3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
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4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
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5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
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6Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
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7The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
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8Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
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9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
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10Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
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11What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
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12Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
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13Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
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14To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
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15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
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16Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
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17What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
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18The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
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19The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
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20They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
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21For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
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22Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
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23Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
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24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
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25How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
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26Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
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27Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
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28Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
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29Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
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30Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
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Chapter 6
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Job 6:2
Job 6:3
Proverbs 27:3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them...Job 37:19Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of...Matthew 11:28¶ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest...Psalms 40:5Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoug...Psalms 77:4Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
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Psalms 38:2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.Job 30:15Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare pass...Psalms 88:15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I a...Job 16:12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck,...Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bea...
Job 6:5
Jeremiah 14:6And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like d...Joel 1:18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no...Psalms 42:1As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God...Psalms 104:14He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: th...
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Leviticus 2:13And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither sha...Colossians 4:6Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye...Job 34:3For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.Job 6:25How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?Job 16:2I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
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Ezekiel 4:14Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my yo...Job 3:24For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the wate...Ezekiel 12:18Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and w...Daniel 10:3I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I...Psalms 102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
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1 Kings 19:4¶ But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down...Jonah 4:3Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better f...Isaiah 48:10Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furn...Job 7:15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.Jonah 4:8And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east w...
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Job 23:12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the w...Isaiah 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Ho...Leviticus 19:2Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye...Habakkuk 1:12¶ Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die....Isaiah 30:11Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel...
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Psalms 103:14For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.Psalms 102:23He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.Job 17:1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.Psalms 39:5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing bef...Job 13:25Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
Cross References
Job 6:2
Job 6:3
Proverbs 27:3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them...Job 37:19Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of...Matthew 11:28¶ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest...Psalms 40:5Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoug...Psalms 77:4Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
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Psalms 38:2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.Job 30:15Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare pass...Psalms 88:15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I a...Job 16:12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck,...Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bea...
Job 6:5
Jeremiah 14:6And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like d...Joel 1:18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no...Psalms 42:1As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God...Psalms 104:14He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: th...
Job 6:6
Leviticus 2:13And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither sha...Colossians 4:6Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye...Job 34:3For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.Job 6:25How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?Job 16:2I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
Job 6:7
Ezekiel 4:14Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my yo...Job 3:24For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the wate...Ezekiel 12:18Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and w...Daniel 10:3I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I...Psalms 102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
Job 6:8
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1 Kings 19:4¶ But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down...Jonah 4:3Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better f...Isaiah 48:10Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furn...Job 7:15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.Jonah 4:8And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east w...
Job 6:10
Job 23:12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the w...Isaiah 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Ho...Leviticus 19:2Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye...Habakkuk 1:12¶ Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die....Isaiah 30:11Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel...
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Psalms 103:14For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.Psalms 102:23He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.Job 17:1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.Psalms 39:5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing bef...Job 13:25Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?