Job 6 (NET)

Job 6:1¹Then Job responded:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 4:1

Job 6:2²“Oh, if only my grief could be weighed, and my misfortune laid on the scales too!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 23:2Job 31:6Job 4:5

Job 6:3³But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 27:3Job 23:2Job 37:19-20Matt 11:28Ps 40:5Ps 77:4

Job 6:4⁴For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God’s sudden terrors are arrayed against me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 38:2Job 30:15Ps 88:15-16Prov 18:14Job 16:12-14Mark 15:34Ps 143:7Job 9:17Lam 3:12-132 Cor 5:11

Job 6:5⁵“Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox bellow over its fodder?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 14:6Joel 1:18-20Ps 104:14Ps 42:1

Job 6:6⁶Can food that is tasteless be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 34:3Col 4:6Job 12:11Job 6:30Lev 2:13Luke 14:34Heb 6:4-5Job 16:2Job 6:25Ps 119:103

Job 6:7⁷I have refused to touch such things; they are like loathsome food to me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 17:121 Kgs 22:27Dan 10:3Ezek 12:18-19Ezek 4:14Ezek 4:16Job 3:24Ps 102:9

Job 6:8⁸“Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what I long for!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 119:81Job 17:14-16Job 6:11-13

Job 6:9⁹And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 19:4Jonah 4:3Isa 48:10-13Job 7:15-16Jonah 4:8Job 14:13Job 19:21Job 3:20-22Num 11:14-15Ps 32:4

Job 6:10¹⁰Then 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 23:12Isa 57:15Lev 19:2Ps 40:9-10Ps 71:17-181 Sam 2:22 Pet 2:4-5Acts 20:20Acts 20:27Deut 29:20

Job 6:11¹¹What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 103:14-16Job 17:1Ps 102:23Ps 39:5Job 10:20Job 13:25Job 13:28Job 17:14-16Job 21:4Job 7:5-7

Job 6:12¹²Is my strength like that of stones? Or is my flesh made of bronze?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 40:18Job 41:24

Job 6:13¹³Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been driven from me?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 1:12Job 26:2Job 12:2-3Job 13:2Job 19:28Gal 6:4

Job 6:14¹⁴“To the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 17:171 Cor 12:26Gal 6:2Rom 12:152 Cor 11:29Heb 13:3Luke 23:40Job 15:4Job 16:5Job 19:21

Job 6:15¹⁵My brothers have been as treacherous as a seasonal stream, and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams that flow away.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 38:11Jer 15:18Ps 41:9John 13:18John 16:32Ps 55:12-14Jer 30:14Jer 9:4-5Job 19:19Jude 1:12

Job 6:16¹⁶They are dark because of ice; snow is piled up over them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Job 6:17¹⁷When they are scorched, they dry up, when it is hot, they vanish from their place.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 17:1Job 24:19

Job 6:18¹⁸Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Job 6:19¹⁹The caravans of Tema looked intently for these streams; the traveling merchants of Sheba hoped for them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 25:15Isa 21:14Jer 25:231 Kgs 10:1Ezek 27:22-23Gen 10:7Gen 25:3Ps 72:10

Job 6:20²⁰They were distressed, because each one had been so confident; they arrived there, but were disappointed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 14:3-4Jer 17:13Rom 5:5Rom 9:33

Job 6:21²¹For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 38:112 Tim 4:16Jer 17:5-6Isa 2:22Jer 51:9Job 13:4Job 2:11-13Job 6:15Matt 26:31Matt 26:56

Job 6:22²²“Have I ever said, ‘Give me something, and from your fortune make gifts in my favor’?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 12:3Acts 20:33Job 42:11

Job 6:23²³Or, ‘Deliver me from the enemy’s power, and from the hand of tyrants ransom me’?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 15:21Job 5:20Ps 107:2Ps 49:15Ps 49:7-8Lev 25:48Neh 5:8

Job 6:24²⁴“Teach me and I, for my part, will be silent; explain to me how I have been mistaken.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 3:2Prov 9:9Job 10:2Ps 39:1-2Job 33:1Job 34:32Job 5:27Ps 19:12Ps 32:8Job 32:11

Job 6:25²⁵How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 12:10-11Job 13:5Job 16:3-5Job 21:34Job 24:25Job 32:3Job 4:4Prov 12:18Prov 16:21-24Prov 18:21

Job 6:26²⁶Do you intend to criticize mere words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 8:2Eph 4:14Matt 12:37Hos 12:1Job 10:1Job 2:10Job 3:3-26Job 34:3-9Job 38:2Job 4:3-4

Job 6:27²⁷Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Pet 2:3Jas 1:27Job 22:9Job 24:3Job 24:9Joel 3:3Nah 3:10Ps 7:15Exod 22:22-24Ezek 22:7

Job 6:28²⁸“Now then, be good enough to look at me; and I will not lie to your face!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 13:4Job 27:4Job 33:3Job 11:3Job 36:4

Job 6:29²⁹Relent, let there be no falsehood; reconsider, for my righteousness is intact!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 17:10Job 23:10Job 27:4-6Job 34:5Job 42:6Mal 3:18

Job 6:30³⁰Is there any falsehood on my lips? Can my mouth not discern evil things?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 12:11Job 34:3Job 6:6Heb 5:14Job 33:8-12Job 42:3-6