Then Job answered, Job 4:1
“Oh that my anguish were weighed, Job 23:2Job 31:6Job 4:5
and all my calamity laid in the balances!
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, Pro 27:3Job 23:2Job 37:19-20Mat 11:28Psa 40:5Psa 77:4
therefore my words have been rash.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. Psa 38:2Job 30:15Psa 88:15-16Pro 18:14Job 16:12-14Mrk 15:34Psa 143:7Job 9:17
My spirit drinks up their poison.
The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Jer 14:6Jol 1:18-20Psa 104:14Psa 42:1
Or does the ox low over his fodder?
Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Job 34:3Col 4:6Job 12:11Job 6:30Lev 2:13Luk 14:34Heb 6:4-5Job 16:2
Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
My soul refuses to touch them. 1Ki 17:121Ki 22:27Dan 10:3Ezk 12:18-19Ezk 4:14Ezk 4:16Job 3:24Psa 102:9
They are as loathsome food to me.
“Oh that I might have my request, Psa 119:81Job 17:14-16Job 6:11-13
that God would grant the thing that I long for,
even that it would please God to crush me; 1Ki 19:4Jon 4:3Isa 48:10-13Job 7:15-16Jon 4:8Job 14:13Job 19:21Job 3:20-22
that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Let it still be my consolation, Job 23:12Isa 57:15Lev 19:2Psa 40:9-10Psa 71:17-181Sa 2:22Pe 2:4-5Act 20:20
yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare,
that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
What is my strength, that I should wait? Psa 103:14-16Job 17:1Psa 102:23Psa 39:5Job 10:20Job 13:25Job 13:28Job 17:14-16
What is my end, that I should be patient?
Is my strength the strength of stones? Job 40:18Job 41:24
Or is my flesh of bronze?
Isn’t it that I have no help in me, 2Co 1:12Job 26:2Job 12:2-3Job 13:2Job 19:28Gal 6:4
that wisdom is driven away from me?
“To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; Gal 6:2Pro 17:171Co 12:26Rom 12:152Co 11:29Heb 13:3Luk 23:40Job 15:4
even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, Psa 38:11Jer 15:18Psa 41:9Jhn 13:18Jhn 16:32Psa 55:12-14Jer 30:14Jer 9:4-5
as the channel of brooks that pass away;
which are black by reason of the ice,
in which the snow hides itself.
In the dry season, they vanish. 1Ki 17:1Job 24:19
When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
The caravans that travel beside them turn away.
They go up into the waste, and perish.
The caravans of Tema looked. Gen 25:15Isa 21:14Jer 25:231Ki 10:1Ezk 27:22-23Gen 10:7Gen 25:3Psa 72:10
The companies of Sheba waited for them.
They were distressed because they were confident. Jer 14:3-4Jer 17:13Rom 5:5Rom 9:33
They came there, and were confounded.
For now you are nothing. Psa 38:112Ti 4:16Jer 17:5-6Isa 2:22Jer 51:9Job 13:4Job 2:11-13Job 6:15
You see a terror, and are afraid.
Did I ever say, ‘Give to me’? 1Sa 12:3Act 20:33Job 42:11
or, ‘Offer a present for me from your substance’?
or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’? Jer 15:21Job 5:20Psa 107:2Psa 49:15Psa 49:7-8Lev 25:48Neh 5:8
or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors’?
“Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Jas 3:2Pro 9:9Job 10:2Job 34:32Psa 19:12Psa 39:1-2Job 33:1Job 5:27
Cause me to understand my error.
How forcible are words of uprightness! Ecc 12:10-11Job 13:5Job 16:3-5Job 21:34Job 24:25Job 32:3Job 4:4Pro 12:18
But your reproof, what does it reprove?
Do you intend to reprove words, Job 8:2Eph 4:14Mat 12:37Hos 12:1Job 10:1Job 2:10Job 3:3-26Job 34:3-9
since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?
Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, 2Pe 2:3Jas 1:27Job 22:9Job 24:3Job 24:9Jol 3:3Nam 3:10Psa 7:15
and make merchandise of your friend.
Now therefore be pleased to look at me, Job 13:4Job 27:4Job 33:3Job 11:3Job 36:4
for surely I will not lie to your face.
Please return. Job 17:10Job 23:10Job 27:4-6Job 34:5Job 42:6Mal 3:18
Let there be no injustice.
Yes, return again.
My cause is righteous.
Is there injustice on my tongue? Job 12:11Job 34:3Job 6:6Heb 5:14Job 33:8-12Job 42:3-6
Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?