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| | Job 6:1 | Then Job spoke again:
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| | Job 6:2 | "If my sadness could be weighed and my troubles be put on the scales,
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| | Job 6:3 | they would be heavier than all the sands of the sea. That is why I spoke so rashly.
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| | Job 6:4 | For the Almighty has struck me down with his arrows. He has sent his poisoned arrows deep within my spirit. All God's terrors are arrayed against me.
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| | Job 6:5 | Don't I have a right to complain? Wild donkeys bray when they find no green grass, and oxen low when they have no food.
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| | Job 6:6 | People complain when there is no salt in their food. And how tasteless is the uncooked white of an egg!
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| | Job 6:7 | My appetite disappears when I look at it; I gag at the thought of eating it!
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| | Job 6:8 | "Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant my hope.
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| | Job 6:9 | I wish he would crush me. I wish he would reach out his hand and kill me.
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| | Job 6:10 | At least I can take comfort in this: Despite the pain, I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
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| | Job 6:11 | But I do not have the strength to endure. I do not have a goal that encourages me to carry on.
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| | Job 6:12 | Do I have strength as hard as stone? Is my body made of bronze?
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| | Job 6:13 | No, I am utterly helpless, without any chance of success.
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| | Job 6:14 | "One should be kind to a fainting friend, but you have accused me without the slightest fear of the Almighty.
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| | Job 6:15 | My brother, you have proved as unreliable as a seasonal brook that overflows its banks in the spring
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| | Job 6:16 | when it is swollen with ice and melting snow.
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| | Job 6:17 | But when the hot weather arrives, the water disappears. The brook vanishes in the heat.
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| | Job 6:18 | The caravans turn aside to be refreshed, but there is nothing there to drink, and so they perish in the desert.
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| | Job 6:19 | With high hopes, the caravans from Tema and from Sheba stop for water,
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| | Job 6:20 | but finding none, their hopes are dashed.
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| | Job 6:21 | You, too, have proved to be of no help. You have seen my calamity, and you are afraid.
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| | Job 6:22 | But why? Have I ever asked you for a gift? Have I begged you to use any of your wealth on my behalf?
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| | Job 6:23 | Have I ever asked you to rescue me from my enemies? Have I asked you to save me from ruthless people?
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| | Job 6:24 | "All I want is a reasonable answer--then I will keep quiet. Tell me, what have I done wrong?
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| | Job 6:25 | Honest words are painful, but what do your criticisms amount to?
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| | Job 6:26 | Do you think your words are convincing when you disregard my cry of desperation?
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| | Job 6:27 | You would even send an orphan into slavery or sell a friend.
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| | Job 6:28 | Look at me! Would I lie to your face?
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| | Job 6:29 | Stop assuming my guilt, for I am righteous. Don't be so unjust.
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| | Job 6:30 | Do you think I am lying? Don't I know the difference between right and wrong?
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