Job 6
1 and to answer Job and to say
Then Job responded:
2 if to weigh to weigh vexation my (and desire my *QK) in/on/with balance to lift: bear unitedness
“If my grief could be weighed and my troubles placed on the scales
3 for now from sand sea to honor: heavy upon so word my to talk wildly
they would be heavier than the sand of the sea. That's why I spoke so rashly.
4 for arrow Almighty with me me which rage their to drink spirit my terror god to arrange me
For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; their poison saps my spirit. God's terrors are lined up against me.
5 to bray wild donkey upon grass if: surely no to low cattle upon fodder his
Don't wild donkeys bray when their grass is gone? Don't cattle groan when they don't have food!
6 to eat insipid from without salt if there taste in/on/with spittle mallow
Can something that's tasteless be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7 to refuse to/for to touch soul: appetite my they(masc.) like/as illness food my
I just can't touch any food—even the thought makes me feel sick!
8 who? to give: if only! to come (in): fulfill petition my and hope my to give: give god
Oh, if only I could have what I really want, that God would give me what I most desire—
9 and be willing god and to crush me to free hand his and to cut off me
that God would be willing to crush me to death, that he would just let me die!
10 and to be still comfort my and to rejoice in/on/with agony not to spare for not to hide word holy
But it still comforts me to know, making me happy through the never-ending pain, that I have never rejected the words of God.
11 what? strength my for to wait: hope and what? end my for to prolong soul: life my
Why should I go on waiting when I don't have the strength? Why should I keep going when I don't know what is going to happen to me?
12 if: surely no strength stone strength my if: surely no flesh my bronze
Am I as strong as rock? Am I made out of bronze?
13 if: surely no nothing help my in/on/with me and wisdom to banish from me
How can I help myself now that any chance of success is ripped away from me?
14 to/for despairing from neighbor his kindness and fear Almighty to leave: forsake
Anyone who isn't kind to a friend has given up respecting the Almighty.
15 brother: male-sibling my to act treacherously like torrent: river like/as channel torrent: river to pass
My brothers have acted as deceptively as a desert stream, rushing waters in the desert that vanish.
16 [the] be dark from ice upon them to conceal snow
The stream floods when it is full of dark ice and melting snow,
17 in/on/with time to burn to destroy in/on/with to warm his to put out from place their
but in the heat it dries up and disappears, vanishing from where it once was.
18 to twist way way: journey their to ascend: rise in/on/with formlessness and to perish
Camel caravans turn aside to look for water, but don't find any and they die.
19 to look way Tema walk Sheba to await to/for them
Caravans from Tema looked, travelers from Sheba were confident,
20 be ashamed for to trust to come (in): come till her and be ashamed
but their hopes were dashed—they came and found nothing.
21 for now to be (to/for him *QK) to see: see terror and to fear
Now you are no help, just like that—you see my trouble and you're afraid.
22 for to say to give to/for me and from strength your to bribe about/through/for me
Have I asked you for anything? Have I told you to bribe anyone for me from your wealth?
23 and to escape me from hand: power enemy and from hand: power ruthless to ransom me
Have I asked you to rescue me from an enemy? Have I told you to save me from my oppressors?
24 to show me and I be quiet and what? to wander to understand to/for me
Explain this to me, and I'll be quiet. Show me where I'm wrong.
25 what? be sick word uprightness and what? to rebuke to rebuke from you
Honest words are painful, but what do your arguments prove?
26 to/for to rebuke speech to devise: think and to/for spirit: breath word to despair
Are you going to argue over what I said, when the words of someone in despair should be left to blow away in the wind?
27 also upon orphan to fall: allot and to trade upon neighbor your
You would play dice to win an orphan; you would bargain away your friend!
28 and now be willing to turn in/on/with me and upon face your if: surely no to lie
Look me in the eye and see if I'm lying to your face!
29 to return: repent please not to be injustice (and to return: turn back *Qk) still righteousness my in/on/with her
Don't talk like this! Don't be unjust! What I'm saying is right.
30 there in/on/with tongue my injustice if: surely no palate my not to understand desire
I'm not telling lies—don't you think I wouldn't know if I was wrong?”
