# Job 6 ## Job 6:1 - [KJV] But Job answered and said, - [ASV] Then Job answered and said, - [YLT] And Job answereth and saith: -- ### Notes on Job 6:1 - ## Job 6:2 - [KJV] Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! - [ASV] Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances! - [YLT] O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together! ### Notes on Job 6:2 - ## Job 6:3 - [KJV] For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. - [ASV] For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash. - [YLT] For now, than the sands of the sea it is heavier, Therefore my words have been rash. ### Notes on Job 6:3 - ## Job 6:4 - [KJV] For the arrows of the Almighty *are* within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. - [ASV] For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. - [YLT] For arrows of the Mighty *are* with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves *for* me! ### Notes on Job 6:4 - ## Job 6:5 - [KJV] Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? - [ASV] Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder? - [YLT] Brayeth a wild ass over tender grass? Loweth an ox over his provender? ### Notes on Job 6:5 - ## Job 6:6 - [KJV] Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there *any* taste in the white of an egg? - [ASV] Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? - [YLT] Eaten is an insipid thing without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams? ### Notes on Job 6:6 - ## Job 6:7 - [KJV] The things *that* my soul refused to touch *are* as my sorrowful meat. - [ASV] My soul refuseth to touch *them*; They are as loathsome food to me. - [YLT] My soul is refusing to touch! They *are* as my sickening food. ### Notes on Job 6:7 - ## Job 6:8 - [KJV] Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant *me* the thing that I long for! - [ASV] Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant *me* the thing that I long for! - [YLT] O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope! ### Notes on Job 6:8 - ## Job 6:9 - [KJV] Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! - [ASV] Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! - [YLT] That God would please -- and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off! ### Notes on Job 6:9 - ## Job 6:10 - [KJV] Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. - [ASV] And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One. - [YLT] And yet it is my comfort, (And I exult in pain -- He doth not spare,) That I have not hidden The sayings of the Holy One. ### Notes on Job 6:10 - ## Job 6:11 - [KJV] What *is* my strength, that I should hope? and what *is* mine end, that I should prolong my life? - [ASV] What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient? - [YLT] What *is* my power that I should hope? And what mine end That I should prolong my life? ### Notes on Job 6:11 - ## Job 6:12 - [KJV] *Is* my strength the strength of stones? or *is* my flesh of brass? - [ASV] Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass? - [YLT] Is my strength the strength of stones? Is my flesh brazen? ### Notes on Job 6:12 - ## Job 6:13 - [KJV] *Is* not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me? - [ASV] Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me? - [YLT] Is not my help with me, And substance driven from me? ### Notes on Job 6:13 - ## Job 6:14 - [KJV] To him that is afflicted pity *should be shewed* from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. - [ASV] To him that is ready to faint kindness *should be showed* from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. - [YLT] To a despiser of his friends *is* shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh. ### Notes on Job 6:14 - ## Job 6:15 - [KJV] My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, *and* as the stream of brooks they pass away; - [ASV] My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away; - [YLT] My brethren have deceived as a brook, As a stream of brooks they pass away. ### Notes on Job 6:15 - ## Job 6:16 - [KJV] Which are blackish by reason of the ice, *and* wherein the snow is hid: - [ASV] Which are black by reason of the ice, *And* wherein the snow hideth itself: - [YLT] That are black because of ice, By them doth snow hide itself. ### Notes on Job 6:16 - ## Job 6:17 - [KJV] What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. - [ASV] What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. - [YLT] By the time they are warm they have been cut off, By its being hot they have been Extinguished from their place. ### Notes on Job 6:17 - ## Job 6:18 - [KJV] The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. - [ASV] The caravans *that travel* by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish. - [YLT] Turn aside do the paths of their way, They ascend into emptiness, and are lost. ### Notes on Job 6:18 - ## Job 6:19 - [KJV] The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. - [ASV] The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them. - [YLT] Passengers of Tema looked expectingly, Travellers of Sheba hoped for them. ### Notes on Job 6:19 - ## Job 6:20 - [KJV] They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. - [ASV] They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded. - [YLT] They were ashamed that one hath trusted, They have come unto it and are confounded. ### Notes on Job 6:20 - ## Job 6:21 - [KJV] For now ye are nothing; ye see *my* casting down, and are afraid. - [ASV] For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid. - [YLT] Surely now ye have become the same! Ye see a downfall, and are afraid. ### Notes on Job 6:21 - ## Job 6:22 - [KJV] Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? - [ASV] Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance? - [YLT] Is it because I said, Give to me? And, By your power bribe for me? ### Notes on Job 6:22 - ## Job 6:23 - [KJV] Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? - [ASV] Or, Deliver me from the adversary's hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors? - [YLT] And, Deliver me from the hand of an adversary? And, From the hand of terrible ones ransom me? ### Notes on Job 6:23 - ## Job 6:24 - [KJV] Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. - [ASV] Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred. - [YLT] Shew me, and I -- I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand. ### Notes on Job 6:24 - ## Job 6:25 - [KJV] How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? - [ASV] How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what doth it reprove? - [YLT] How powerful have been upright sayings, And what doth reproof from you reprove? ### Notes on Job 6:25 - ## Job 6:26 - [KJV] Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, *which are* as wind? - [ASV] Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind? - [YLT] For reproof -- do you reckon words? And for wind -- sayings of the desperate. ### Notes on Job 6:26 - ## Job 6:27 - [KJV] Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig *a pit* for your friend. - [ASV] Yea, ye would cast *lots* upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend. - [YLT] Anger on the fatherless ye cause to fall, And are strange to your friend. ### Notes on Job 6:27 - ## Job 6:28 - [KJV] Now therefore be content, look upon me; for *it is* evident unto you if I lie. - [ASV] Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; For surely I shall not lie to your face. - [YLT] And, now, please, look upon me, Even to your face do I lie? ### Notes on Job 6:28 - ## Job 6:29 - [KJV] Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness *is* in it. - [ASV] Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Yea, return again, my cause is righteous. - [YLT] Turn back, I pray you, let it not be perverseness, Yea, turn back again -- my righteousness *is* in it. ### Notes on Job 6:29 - ## Job 6:30 - [KJV] Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? - [ASV] Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things? - [YLT] Is there in my tongue perverseness? Discerneth not my palate desirable things? ### Notes on Job 6:30 -