Verse 19
Job 6:19
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
19
Consider the paths of Thema, the ways of Saba, and wait a little while.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הִ֭בִּיטוּ אָרְח֣וֹת תֵּמָ֑א הֲלִיכֹ֥ת שְׁ֝בָ֗א קִוּוּ לָֽ/מוֹ
English Translation
Look at the paths of Teman, the ways of Sheba, await for.
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Chapter 6 Context
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But Job answered, and said:
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O that my sins, whereby I have deserved wrath, and the calamity that I suffer, were weighed in a bal...
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As the sand of the sea this would appear heavier: therefore my words are full of sorrow :
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For the arrows of the Lord are in me, the rage whereof drinketh up my spirit, and the terrors of the...
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Will the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or will the ox low when he standeth before a full manger?
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Or can an unsavoury thing be eaten, that is not seasoned with salt? or can a man taste that which wh...
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The things which before my soul would not touch, now, through anguish are my meats.
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Who will grant that my request may come: and that God (Elohim) may give me what I look for?
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And that he that hath begun may destroy me, that he may let loose his hand, and cut me off?
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And that this may be my comfort, that afflicting me with sorrow, he spare not, nor I contradict the...
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For what is my strength, that I can hold out? or what is my end that I should keep patience?
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My strength is not the strength of stones, nor is my flesh of brass.
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Behold there is no help for me in myself, and my familiar friends also are departed from me.
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He that taketh away mercy from his friend, forsaketh the fear of the Lord.
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My brethren have passed by me, as the torrent that passeth swiftly in the valleys.
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They that fear the hoary frost, the snow shall fall upon them.
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At the time when they shall be scattered they shall perish: and after it groweth hot they shall be m...
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The paths of their steps are entangled: they shall walk in vain, and shall perish.
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Consider the paths of Thema, the ways of Saba, and wait a little while.
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They are confounded, because I have hoped: they are come also even unto me, and are covered with sha...
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Now you are come: and now seeing my affliction you are afraid.
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Did I say: Bring to me, and give me of your substance?
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Or deliver me from the hand of the enemy, and rescue me out of the hand of the mighty?
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Teach me, and I will hold my peace: and if I have been ignorant in any thing, instruct me.
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Why have you detracted the words of truth, whereas there is none of you that can reprove me?
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You dress up speeches only to rebuke, and you utter words to the wind.
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You rush in upon the fatherless, and you endeavour to overthrow your friend.
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However finish what you have begun, give ear, and see whether I lie.
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Answer, I beseech you, without contention: and speaking that which is just, judge ye.
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And you shall not And iniquity in my tongue, neither shall folly sound in my mouth.
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