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    Job 6

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    Job asks God to crush him and cut him off, then calls the prospect a comfort and a joy. It is a remarkably exact sort of consolation: not relief from the pain, but an ending to it, provided he has not denied the words of the Holy One.

    Arrows, salt, and the hope of being cut offvv. 2–13

    Job wishes his grief and calamity could be weighed, though the combined load would outweigh the sand of the seas. He explains his rash words with arrows, poison, and divine terrors, then turns—quite splendidly—to the flavourlessness of egg white. His soul refuses the food; his strength is not stone or bronze; and his request is that God should crush him and cut him off. Even that, through unrelenting pain, would bring comfort, because he has not denied the words of the Holy One.

    Friends like seasonal streamsvv. 14–23

    A despairing man, Job says, should receive kindness from his friend—even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty. His brothers, however, are like wadis that promise water when the ice melts and vanish when the heat arrives. Caravans turn aside and perish; the caravans of Tema and the travelers of Sheba hope for water, only to be confounded by their arrival. Job’s friends see terror and become no help at all, though he has not asked them for gifts, bribes, rescue, or ransom.

    An argument put on trialvv. 24–30

    Job now offers the simplest bargain available: teach him, and he will be silent; show him his error, and he will understand. Honest words hurt, but an argument must still prove something. He accuses his friends of treating his despair as wind, of casting lots for an orphan and bartering away a friend, then asks them to look at him and reconsider. His righteousness is at stake, and he finishes by putting even his tongue and mouth under examination.

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    1. Job 6:1Then Job replied:

    2. Job 6:2“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.

    3. Job 6:3For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas—no wonder my words have been rash.

    4. Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

    5. Job 6:5Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?

    6. Job 6:6Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?

    7. Job 6:7My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.

    8. Job 6:8If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:

    9. Job 6:9that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!

    10. Job 6:10It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

    11. Job 6:11What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?

    12. Job 6:12Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?

    13. Job 6:13Is there any help within me now that success is driven from me?

    14. Job 6:14A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

    15. Job 6:15But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,

    16. Job 6:16darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,

    17. Job 6:17but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.

    18. Job 6:18Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.

    19. Job 6:19The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.

    20. Job 6:20They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.

    21. Job 6:21For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid.

    22. Job 6:22Have I ever said, ‘Give me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth;

    23. Job 6:23deliver me from the hand of the enemy; redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless’?

    24. Job 6:24Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.

    25. Job 6:25How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?

    26. Job 6:26Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?

    27. Job 6:27You would even cast lots for an orphan and barter away your friend.

    28. Job 6:28But now, please look at me. Would I lie to your face?

    29. Job 6:29Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.

    30. Job 6:30Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?’’

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    • 4Psalms 38:2For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
    • 91 Kings 19:4while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
    • 4Job 30:15Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
    • 24James 3:2We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
    • 3Proverbs 27:3A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
    • 4Psalms 88:15–16From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
    • 10Job 23:12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
    • 11Psalms 103:14–16For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.
    • 14Proverbs 17:17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
    • 14Galatians 6:2Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
    • 15Psalms 38:11My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
    • 24Proverbs 9:9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
    • 4Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?
    • 8Psalms 119:81My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
    • 9Jonah 4:3And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
    • 141 Corinthians 12:26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

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