nkjv - Job:6-7

nkjv@Job:6:1 @ Then Job answered and said:

nkjv@Job:6:2 @ "Oh, that my grief were fully weighed, And my calamity laid with it on the scales!

nkjv@Job:6:3 @ For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea-- Therefore my words have been rash.

nkjv@Job:6:4 @ For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; My spirit drinks in their poison; The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

nkjv@Job:6:5 @ Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass, Or does the ox low over its fodder?

nkjv@Job:6:6 @ Can flavorless food be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

nkjv@Job:6:7 @ My soul refuses to touch them; They are as loathsome food to me.

nkjv@Job:6:8 @ "Oh, that I might have my request, That God would grant me the thing that I long for!

nkjv@Job:6:9 @ That it would please God to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off!

nkjv@Job:6:10 @ Then I would still have comfort; Though in anguish I would exult, He will not spare; For I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

nkjv@Job:6:11 @ "What strength do I have, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

nkjv@Job:6:12 @ Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh bronze?

nkjv@Job:6:13 @ Is my help not within me? And is success driven from me?

nkjv@Job:6:14 @ "To him who is afflicted, kindness should be shown by his friend, Even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

nkjv@Job:6:15 @ My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a brook, Like the streams of the brooks that pass away,

nkjv@Job:6:16 @ Which are dark because of the ice, And into which the snow vanishes.

nkjv@Job:6:17 @ When it is warm, they cease to flow; When it is hot, they vanish from their place.

nkjv@Job:6:18 @ The paths of their way turn aside, They go nowhere and perish.

nkjv@Job:6:19 @ The caravans of Tema look, The travelers of Sheba hope for them.

nkjv@Job:6:20 @ They are disappointed because they were confident; They come there and are confused.

nkjv@Job:6:21 @ For now you are nothing, You see terror and are afraid.

nkjv@Job:6:22 @ Did I ever say, "Bring something to me'? Or, "Offer a bribe for me from your wealth'?

nkjv@Job:6:23 @ Or, "Deliver me from the enemy's hand'? Or, "Redeem me from the hand of oppressors'?

nkjv@Job:6:24 @ "Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

nkjv@Job:6:25 @ How forceful are right words! But what does your arguing prove?

nkjv@Job:6:26 @ Do you intend to rebuke my words, And the speeches of a desperate one, which are as wind?

nkjv@Job:6:27 @ Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless, And you undermine your friend.

nkjv@Job:6:28 @ Now therefore, be pleased to look at me; For I would never lie to your face.

nkjv@Job:6:29 @ Yield now, let there be no injustice! Yes, concede, my righteousness still stands!

nkjv@Job:6:30 @ Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern the unsavory?

nkjv@Job:7:1 @ "Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hired man?

nkjv@Job:7:2 @ Like a servant who earnestly desires the shade, And like a hired man who eagerly looks for his wages,

nkjv@Job:7:3 @ So I have been allotted months of futility, And wearisome nights have been appointed to me.

nkjv@Job:7:4 @ When I lie down, I say, "When shall I arise, And the night be ended?' For I have had my fill of tossing till dawn.

nkjv@Job:7:5 @ My flesh is caked with worms and dust, My skin is cracked and breaks out afresh.

nkjv@Job:7:6 @ "My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope.

nkjv@Job:7:7 @ Oh, remember that my life is a breath! My eye will never again see good.

nkjv@Job:7:8 @ The eye of him who sees me will see me no more; While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be.

nkjv@Job:7:9 @ As the cloud disappears and vanishes away, So he who goes down to the grave does not come up.

nkjv@Job:7:10 @ He shall never return to his house, Nor shall his place know him anymore.

nkjv@Job:7:11 @ "Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

nkjv@Job:7:12 @ Am I a sea, or a sea serpent, That You set a guard over me?

nkjv@Job:7:13 @ When I say, "My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,'

nkjv@Job:7:14 @ Then You scare me with dreams And terrify me with visions,

nkjv@Job:7:15 @ So that my soul chooses strangling And death rather than my body.

nkjv@Job:7:16 @ I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone, For my days are but a breath.

nkjv@Job:7:17 @ "What is man, that You should exalt him, That You should set Your heart on him,

nkjv@Job:7:18 @ That You should visit him every morning, And test him every moment?

nkjv@Job:7:19 @ How long? Will You not look away from me, And let me alone till I swallow my saliva?

nkjv@Job:7:20 @ Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target, So that I am a burden to myself?

nkjv@Job:7:21 @ Why then do You not pardon my transgression, And take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, And You will seek me diligently, But I will no longer be."

nkjv@Job:8:1 @ Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: