Job 6
Job's Reply: My Complaint Is Just
1 But Job answered and said, Parallel theme: Job 4:1
2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
4 For 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. References God: Mark 15:34. Spirit: Psalms 143:7, Proverbs 18:14. Parallel theme: Job 9:17, 30:15, Psalms 38:2
5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg? Parallel theme: Leviticus 2:13, Colossians 4:6
7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! Parallel theme: Psalms 119:81
9 Even that it would please GodGod: אֱלֹהִים (Elohim). The Hebrew Elohim (אֱלֹהִים) is a plural form denoting majesty and fullness of deity. Though grammatically plural, it takes singular verbs when referring to the one true God, suggesting the Trinity's plurality within unity. to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10 Then 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. Word: Job 23:12. Holy: Leviticus 19:2, Isaiah 57:15
11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? Parallel theme: Job 17:1, Psalms 39:5, 102:23
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? Parallel theme: Job 26:2, 2 Corinthians 1:12
14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. Parallel theme: Proverbs 17:17, Luke 23:40, Romans 12:15, 1 Corinthians 12:26, Galatians 6:2
15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; Parallel theme: Psalms 38:11, 41:9, Jeremiah 15:18, John 13:18, 16:32
16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. Parallel theme: Genesis 25:15, 1 Kings 10:1, Isaiah 21:14, Jeremiah 25:23
20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. Parallel theme: Psalms 38:11
22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? Redemption: Job 5:20, Psalms 49:15, 107:2, Jeremiah 15:21
24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. Parallel theme: Job 5:27, 10:2, 33:1, 34:32, Psalms 19:12, 32:8, Proverbs 9:9, James 3:2 +3
25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? Word: Job 8:2. Parallel theme: Ephesians 4:14
27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. Parallel theme: Job 22:9, 24:3, 24:9, Psalms 7:15, Joel 3:3, Nahum 3:10, James 1:27, 2 Peter 2:3 +3
28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie. Parallel theme: Job 13:4, 27:4, 33:3
29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it. Parallel theme: Job 17:10
30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? Parallel theme: Job 6:6, 12:11