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New Testament
Job 6
Round One: Job's Second Speech:
If only God would crush me!
61Then Job responded:
2If only my grief could be weighed,
and my devastation placed on the scales with it!
3They would certainly weigh more than the sand of the sea!
4The arrows of the Almighty stick in me.
My spirit drinks in their poison.
The terrors of God are lined up against me.
5Does the wild donkey bray when it has green grass?
Does the ox bellow when it is near its fodder?
6Is tasteless food eaten without salt?
7I absolutely refuse to touch it.
It is no better than sickening food.
8If only my request would be granted.
If only God would grant me what I hope for:
9that God would decide to crush me,
that he would unleash his hand and cut me off.
10For then I would still have this comfort:
I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11What strength do I have to wait hopefully?
What end awaits me that would make me want to prolong my life?
12Is my strength like stone,
or is my flesh bronze?
13Certainly I have no power to help myself,
since the hope that I can recover has been driven far away from me.
even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15But my brothers are as undependable as gullies that dry up,
undependable as seasonal streams which overflow
16when they are darkened by ice and swollen with melting snow,
When it gets hot, they vanish from their channels.
18Caravans turn aside from their routes.
They go off into the empty wasteland and perish.
19The caravans of Tema search for these streams.
The travelers of Sheba hope to find them,
20but despite being confident, they are disappointed.
They arrive there only to be frustrated.
21Now that is what you are like!
You have seen something dreadful and you panic.
22Have I said, “Give me something,
or offer a payment on my behalf from your wealth”?
23Have I said, “Save me from the hand of my enemy,
or redeem me from the hand of the ruthless”?
24Teach me and I will be silent.
Help me understand what I have done wrong.
25How painful honest words are!
But what does your rebuke prove?
26Do you intend to attack me for mere words
27No doubt you would even cast lots for a fatherless child
and barter away your friend!
28But now, please look at me.
I would not lie to your face!
29Turn to me, and get rid of injustice.
30Is there any injustice on my tongue?
Footnotes
- 6:3 Or reckless
- 6:6 Another suggestion is that this term refers to the sap of some plant. In either case, the meaning remains the same: a tasteless, unappetizing substance.
- 6:10 An alternative translation is I would be joyful even in relentless pain.
- 6:14 Or mercy
- 6:17 These lines are difficult.
- 6:26 This verse is difficult.
- 6:29 Or try again
- 6:29 Or my righteousness is at stake
- 6:30 This line is difficult.