¹ H347 But Job H6030 answered [H8799]   H559 and said [H8799]  ,

² H3863 Oh that H3708 my grief H8254 were throughly [H8800]   H8254 weighed [H8735]   H1942 , and my calamity [H8675]   H1962   H5375 laid [H8799]   H3976 in the balances H3162 together!

³ H3513 For now it would be heavier [H8799]   H2344 than the sand H3220 of the sea H1697 : therefore my words H3886 are swallowed up [H8804]  .

⁴ H2671 For the arrows H7706 of the Almighty H5978 are within H2534 me, the poison H8354 whereof drinketh up [H8802]   H7307 my spirit H1161 : the terrors H433 of God H6186 do set themselves in array [H8799]   against me.

⁵ H6501 Doth the wild ass H5101 bray [H8799]   H1877 when he hath grass H1600 ? or loweth [H8799]   H7794 the ox H1098 over his fodder?

⁶ H8602 Can that which is unsavoury H398 be eaten [H8735]   H4417 without salt H3426 ? or is there H2940 any taste H7388 in the white H2495 of an egg?

⁷ H5315 The things that my soul H3985 refused [H8765]   H5060 to touch [H8800]   H1741 are as my sorrowful H3899 meat.

⁸ H935 Oh that I might have [H8799]   H7596 my request H433 ; and that God H5414 would grant [H8799]   H8615 me the thing that I long for!

⁹ H2974 Even that it would please [H8686]   H433 God H1792 to destroy [H8762]   H5425 me; that he would let loose [H8686]   H3027 his hand H1214 , and cut me off [H8762]  !

¹⁰ H5165 Then should I yet have comfort H5539 ; yea, I would harden [H8762]   H2427 myself in sorrow H2550 : let him not spare [H8799]   H3582 ; for I have not concealed [H8765]   H561 the words H6918 of the Holy One.

¹¹ H3581 What is my strength H3176 , that I should hope [H8762]   H7093 ? and what is mine end H748 , that I should prolong [H8686]   H5315 my life?

¹² H3581 Is my strength H3581 the strength H68 of stones H1320 ? or is my flesh H5153 of brass?

¹³ H5833 Is not my help H8454 in me? and is wisdom H5080 driven quite [H8738]   from me?

¹⁴ H4523 To him that is afflicted H2617 pity H7453 should be shewed from his friend H5800 ; but he forsaketh [H8799]   H3374 the fear H7706 of the Almighty.

¹⁵ H251 My brethren H898 have dealt deceitfully [H8804]   H5158 as a brook H650 , and as the stream H5158 of brooks H5674 they pass away [H8799]  ;

¹⁶ H6937 Which are blackish [H8802]   H7140 by reason of the ice H7950 , and wherein the snow H5956 is hid [H8691]  :

¹⁷ H6256 What time H2215 they wax warm [H8792]   H6789 , they vanish [H8738]   H2527 : when it is hot H1846 , they are consumed out [H8738]   H4725 of their place.

¹⁸ H734 The paths H1870 of their way H3943 are turned aside [H8735]   H5927 ; they go [H8799]   H8414 to nothing H6 , and perish [H8799]  .

¹⁹ H734 The troops H8485 of Tema H5027 looked [H8689]   H1979 , the companies H7614 of Sheba H6960 waited [H8765]   for them.

²⁰ H954 They were confounded [H8804]   H982 because they had hoped [H8804]   H935 ; they came [H8804]   H2659 thither, and were ashamed [H8799]  .

²¹ H7200 For now ye are nothing; ye see [H8799]   H2866 my casting down H3372 , and are afraid [H8799]  .

²² H559 Did I say [H8804]   H3051 , Bring [H8798]   H7809 unto me? or, Give a reward [H8798]   H3581 for me of your substance?

²³ H4422 Or, Deliver [H8761]   H6862 me from the enemy's H3027 hand H6299 ? or, Redeem [H8799]   H3027 me from the hand H6184 of the mighty?

²⁴ H3384 Teach [H8685]   H2790 me, and I will hold my tongue [H8686]   H995 : and cause me to understand [H8685]   H7686 wherein I have erred [H8804]  .

²⁵ H4834 How forcible [H8738]   H3476 are right H561 words H3198 ! but what doth your arguing [H8687]   H3198 reprove [H8686]  ?

²⁶ H2803 Do ye imagine [H8799]   H3198 to reprove [H8687]   H4405 words H561 , and the speeches H2976 of one that is desperate [H8737]   H7307 , which are as wind?

²⁷ H5307 Yea, ye overwhelm [H8686]   H3490 the fatherless H3738 , and ye dig [H8799]   H7453 a pit for your friend.

²⁸ H2974 Now therefore be content [H8685]   H6437 , look [H8798]   H6440 upon me; for it is evident H3576 unto you if I lie [H8762]  .

²⁹ H7725 Return [H8798]   H5766 , I pray you, let it not be iniquity H7725 ; yea, return again [H8798]   H6664 , my righteousness is in it.

³⁰ H3426 Is there H5766 iniquity H3956 in my tongue H2441 ? cannot my taste H995 discern [H8799]   H1942 perverse things?