Job 6
1 Then Job answered,
and to answer Job and to say
2 “Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
if to weigh to weigh vexation my (and desire my *QK) in/on/with balance to lift: bear unitedness
3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore my words have been rash.
for now from sand sea to honor: heavy upon so word my to talk wildly
4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
for arrow Almighty with me me which rage their to drink spirit my terror god to arrange me
5 Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
to bray wild donkey upon grass if: surely no to low cattle upon fodder his
6 Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
to eat insipid from without salt if there taste in/on/with spittle mallow
7 My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.
to refuse to/for to touch soul: appetite my they(masc.) like/as illness food my
8 “Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,
who? to give: if only! to come (in): fulfill petition my and hope my to give: give god
9 even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
and be willing god and to crush me to free hand his and to cut off me
10 Let it still be my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
and to be still comfort my and to rejoice in/on/with agony not to spare for not to hide word holy
11 What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?
what? strength my for to wait: hope and what? end my for to prolong soul: life my
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of bronze?
if: surely no strength stone strength my if: surely no flesh my bronze
13 Isn’t it that I have no help in me, that wisdom is driven away from me?
if: surely no nothing help my in/on/with me and wisdom to banish from me
14 “To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
to/for despairing from neighbor his kindness and fear Almighty to leave: forsake
15 My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;
brother: male-sibling my to act treacherously like torrent: river like/as channel torrent: river to pass
16 which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.
[the] be dark from ice upon them to conceal snow
17 In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
in/on/with time to burn to destroy in/on/with to warm his to put out from place their
18 The caravans that travel beside them turn away. They go up into the waste, and perish.
to twist way way: journey their to ascend: rise in/on/with formlessness and to perish
19 The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them.
to look way Tema walk Sheba to await to/for them
20 They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.
be ashamed for to trust to come (in): come till her and be ashamed
21 For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid.
for now to be (to/for him *QK) to see: see terror and to fear
22 Did I ever say, ‘Give to me’? or, ‘Offer a present for me from your substance’?
for to say to give to/for me and from strength your to bribe about/through/for me
23 or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’? or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors’?
and to escape me from hand: power enemy and from hand: power ruthless to ransom me
24 “Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand my error.
to show me and I be quiet and what? to wander to understand to/for me
25 How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?
what? be sick word uprightness and what? to rebuke to rebuke from you
26 Do you intend to reprove words, since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?
to/for to rebuke speech to devise: think and to/for spirit: breath word to despair
27 Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.
also upon orphan to fall: allot and to trade upon neighbor your
28 Now therefore be pleased to look at me, for surely I will not lie to your face.
and now be willing to turn in/on/with me and upon face your if: surely no to lie
29 Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous.
to return: repent please not to be injustice (and to return: turn back *Qk) still righteousness my in/on/with her
30 Is there injustice on my tongue? Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?
there in/on/with tongue my injustice if: surely no palate my not to understand desire
