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1. Then Job responded:
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1. But Job H347 answered H6030 and said H559 ,
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2. "Oh, if only my grief could be weighed, and my misfortune laid on the scales too!
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2. Oh that H3863 my grief H3708 were throughly weighed H8254 H8254 , and my calamity H1942 laid H5375 in the balances H3976 together H3162 !
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3. But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild.
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3. For H3588 now H6258 it would be heavier H3513 than the sand H4480 H2344 of the sea H3220 : therefore H5921 H3651 my words H1697 are swallowed up H3886 .
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4. For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God's sudden terrors are arrayed against me.
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4. For H3588 the arrows H2671 of the Almighty H7706 are within H5978 me , the poison H2534 whereof H834 drinketh up H8354 my spirit H7307 : the terrors H1161 of God H433 do set themselves in array against H6186 me.
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5. "Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox low near its fodder?
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5. Doth the wild ass H6501 bray H5101 when he hath grass H1877 ? or H518 loweth H1600 the ox H7794 over H5921 his fodder H1098 ?
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6. Can food that is tasteless be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
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6. Can that which is unsavory H8602 be eaten H398 without H4480 H1097 salt H4417 ? or H518 is there H3426 any taste H2940 in the white H7388 of an egg H2495 ?
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7. I have refused to touch such things; they are like loathsome food to me.
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7. The things H1992 that my soul H5315 refused H3985 to touch H5060 are as my sorrowful H1741 meat H3899 .
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8. "Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what I long for!
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8. Oh that H4310 I might H5414 have H935 my request H7596 ; and that God H433 would grant H5414 me the thing that I long for H8615 !
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9. And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me.
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9. Even that it would please H2974 God H433 to destroy H1792 me ; that he would let loose H5425 his hand H3027 , and cut me off H1214 !
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10. Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
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10. Then should I yet H5750 have H1961 comfort H5165 ; yea , I would harden H5539 myself in sorrow H2427 : let him not H3808 spare H2550 ; for H3588 I have not H3808 concealed H3582 the words H561 of the Holy One H6918 .
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11. What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
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11. What H4100 is my strength H3581 , that H3588 I should hope H3176 ? and what H4100 is mine end H7093 , that H3588 I should prolong H748 my life H5315 ?
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12. Is my strength like that of stones? or is my flesh made of bronze?
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12. Is my strength H3581 the strength H3581 of stones H68 ? or is my flesh H1320 of brass H5153 ?
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13. Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been driven from me?
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13. Is not H369 my help H5833 in me? and is wisdom H8454 driven H5080 quite from H4480 me?
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14. "To the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
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14. To him that is afflicted H4523 pity H2617 should be showed from his friend H4480 H7453 ; but he forsaketh H5800 the fear H3374 of the Almighty H7706 .
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15. My brothers have been as treacherous as a seasonal stream, and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams that flow away.
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15. My brethren H251 have dealt deceitfully H898 as H3644 a brook H5158 , and as the stream H650 of brooks H5158 they pass away H5674 ;
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16. They are dark because of ice; snow is piled up over them.
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16. Which are blackish H6937 by reason of H4480 the ice H7140 , and wherein H5921 the snow H7950 is hid H5956 :
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17. When they are scorched, they dry up, when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
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17. What time H6256 they wax warm H2215 , they vanish H6789 : when it is hot H2522 , they are consumed H1846 out of their place H4480 H4725 .
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18. Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.
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18. The paths H734 of their way H1870 are turned aside H3943 ; they go H5927 to nothing H8414 , and perish H6 .
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19. The caravans of Tema looked intently for these streams; the traveling merchants of Sheba hoped for them.
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19. The troops H734 of Tema H8485 looked H5027 , the companies H1979 of Sheba H7614 waited H6960 for H3926 them.
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20. They were distressed, because each one had been so confident; they arrived there, but were disappointed.
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20. They were confounded H954 because H3588 they had hoped H982 ; they came H935 thither H5704 , and were ashamed H2659 .
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21. For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid.
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21. For H3588 now H6258 ye are H1961 nothing H3808 ; ye see H7200 my casting down H2866 , and are afraid H3372 .
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22. "Have I ever said, 'Give me something, and from your fortune make gifts in my favor'?
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22. Did H3588 I say H559 , Bring H3051 unto me? or , Give a reward H7809 for H1157 me of your substance H4480 H3581 ?
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23. Or 'Deliver me from the enemy's power, and from the hand of tyrants ransom me'?
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23. Or, Deliver H4422 me from the enemy's hand H4480 H3027 H6862 ? or, Redeem H6299 me from the hand H4480 H3027 of the mighty H6184 ?
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24. "Teach me and I, for my part, will be silent; explain to me how I have been mistaken.
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24. Teach H3384 me , and I H589 will hold my tongue H2790 : and cause me to understand H995 wherein H4100 I have erred H7686 .
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25. How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove?
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25. How H4100 forcible H4834 are right H3476 words H561 ! but what H4100 doth your arguing H3198 reprove H3198 H4480 ?
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26. Do you intend to criticize mere words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?
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26. Do ye imagine H2803 to reprove H3198 words H4405 , and the speeches H561 of one that is desperate H2976 , which are as wind H7307 ?
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27. Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.
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27. Yea H637 , ye overwhelm H5307 H5921 the fatherless H3490 , and ye dig H3738 a pit for H5921 your friend H7453 .
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28. "Now then, be good enough to look at me; and I will not lie to your face!
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28. Now H6258 therefore be content H2974 , look H6437 upon me ; for it is evident unto H5921 H6440 you if H518 I lie H3576 .
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29. Relent, let there be no falsehood; reconsider, for my righteousness is intact!
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29. Return H7725 , I pray you H4994 , let it not H408 be H1961 iniquity H5766 ; yea, return H7725 again H5750 , my righteousness H6664 is in it.
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30. Is there any falsehood on my lips? Can my mouth not discern evil things?
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30. Is there H3426 iniquity H5766 in my tongue H3956 ? cannot H3808 my taste H2441 discern H995 perverse things H1942 ?
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