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Passage Lookup: Job 6
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Job 6:1
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Then Job replied:Job 6:2
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"If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!(a)
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Job 6:3
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It would surely outweigh the sand(b) of the seas— no wonder my words have been impetuous.(c)
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Job 6:4
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The arrows(d) of the Almighty(e) are in me,(f) my spirit drinks(g) in their poison;(h) God's terrors(i) are marshaled against me.(j)
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Job 6:5
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Does a wild donkey(k) bray(l) when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?(m)
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Job 6:6
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Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow[a]?(n)
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Job 6:7
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I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill.(o)
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Job 6:8
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"Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,(p)
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Job 6:9
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that God would be willing to crush(q) me, to let loose his hand and cut off my life!(r)
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Job 6:10
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Then I would still have this consolation(s)— my joy in unrelenting pain(t)— that I had not denied the words(u) of the Holy One.(v)
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Job 6:11
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"What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient?(w)
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Job 6:12
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Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze?(x)
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Job 6:13
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Do I have any power to help myself,(y) now that success has been driven from me?
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Job 6:14
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"Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend(z) forsakes the fear of the Almighty.(aa)
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Job 6:15
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But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,(ab) as the streams that overflow
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Job 6:16
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when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,(ac)
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Job 6:17
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but that stop flowing in the dry season, and in the heat(ad) vanish from their channels.
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Job 6:18
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Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go off into the wasteland and perish.
Job 6:19
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The caravans of Tema(ae) look for water, the traveling merchants of Sheba(af) look in hope.
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Job 6:20
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They are distressed, because they had been confident; they arrive there, only to be disappointed.(ag)
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Job 6:21
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Now you too have proved to be of no help; you see something dreadful and are afraid.(ah)
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Job 6:22
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Have I ever said, ‘Give something on my behalf, pay a ransom(ai) for me from your wealth,(aj)
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Job 6:23
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deliver me from the hand of the enemy, rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless'?(ak)
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Job 6:24
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"Teach me, and I will be quiet;(al) show me where I have been wrong.(am)
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Job 6:25
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How painful are honest words!(an) But what do your arguments prove?
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Job 6:26
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Do you mean to correct what I say, and treat my desperate words as wind?(ao)
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Job 6:27
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You would even cast lots(ap) for the fatherless(aq) and barter away your friend.
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Job 6:28
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"But now be so kind as to look at me. Would I lie to your face?(ar)
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Job 6:29
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Relent, do not be unjust;(as) reconsider, for my integrity(at) is at stake.[b](au)
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Job 6:30
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Is there any wickedness on my lips?(av) Can my mouth not discern(aw) malice?
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