# Job 6 (New King James Version)
Job: My Complaint Is Just

##### Chapter 6
###### 1 Then Job answered and said:

###### 2 "Oh, that my grief were fully weighed,  
And my calamity laid with it on the scales!  

###### 3 For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea--  
Therefore my words have been rash.  

###### 4 For the arrows of the Almighty _are_ within me;  
My spirit drinks in their poison;  
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.  

###### 5 Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass,  
Or does the ox low over its fodder?  

###### 6 Can flavorless food be eaten without salt?  
Or is there _any_ taste in the white of an egg?  

###### 7 My soul refuses to touch them;  
They _are_ as loathsome food to me.

###### 8 "Oh, that I might have my request,  
That God would grant _me_ the thing that I long for!  

###### 9 That it would please God to crush me,  
That He would loose His hand and cut me off!  

###### 10 Then I would still have comfort;  
Though in anguish I would exult,  
He will not spare;  
For I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

###### 11 "What strength do I have, that I should hope?  
And what _is_ my end, that I should prolong my life?  

###### 12 _Is_ my strength the strength of stones?  
Or is my flesh bronze?  

###### 13 _Is_ my help not within me?  
And is success driven from me?

###### 14 "To him who is afflicted, kindness _should be shown_ by his friend,  
Even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.  

###### 15 My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a brook,  
Like the streams of the brooks that pass away,  

###### 16 Which are dark because of the ice,  
_And_ into which the snow vanishes.  

###### 17 When it is warm, they cease to flow;  
When it is hot, they vanish from their place.  

###### 18 The paths of their way turn aside,  
They go nowhere and perish.  

###### 19 The caravans of Tema look,  
The travelers of Sheba hope for them.  

###### 20 They are disappointed because they were confident;  
They come there and are confused.  

###### 21 For now you are nothing,  
You see terror and are afraid.  

###### 22 Did I ever say, 'Bring _something_ to me'?  
Or, 'Offer a bribe for me from your wealth'?  

###### 23 Or, 'Deliver me from the enemy's hand'?  
Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of oppressors'?

###### 24 "Teach me, and I will hold my tongue;  
Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.  

###### 25 How forceful are right words!  
But what does your arguing prove?  

###### 26 Do you intend to rebuke _my_ words,  
And the speeches of a desperate one, _which are_ as wind?  

###### 27 Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless,  
And you undermine your friend.  

###### 28 Now therefore, be pleased to look at me;  
For I would never lie to your face.  

###### 29 Yield now, let there be no injustice!  
Yes, concede, my righteousness still stands!  

###### 30 Is there injustice on my tongue?  
Cannot my taste discern the unsavory?