Verse 9
Job 6:9
Free Bible Version
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that God (Elohim) would be willing to crush me to death, that he would just let me die!
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/יֹאֵ֣ל אֱ֭לוֹהַּ וִֽ/ידַכְּאֵ֑/נִי יַתֵּ֥ר יָ֝ד֗/וֹ וִֽ/יבַצְּעֵֽ/נִי
English Translation
And God will not let me be diminished, and He will deliver me.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 6 Context
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Then Job responded:
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“If my grief could be weighed and my troubles placed on the scales
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they would be heavier than the sand of the sea. That's why I spoke so rashly.
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For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; their poison saps my spirit. God (Elohim)'s terrors are li...
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Don't wild donkeys bray when their grass is gone? Don't cattle groan when they don't have food!
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Can something that's tasteless be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?
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I just can't touch any food—even the thought makes me feel sick!
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Oh, if only I could have what I really want, that God (Elohim) would give me what I most desire—
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that God (Elohim) would be willing to crush me to death, that he would just let me die!
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But it still comforts me to know, making me happy through the never-ending pain, that I have never r...
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Why should I go on waiting when I don't have the strength? Why should I keep going when I don't know...
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Am I as strong as rock? Am I made out of bronze?
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How can I help myself now that any chance of success is ripped away from me?
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My brothers have acted as deceptively as a desert stream, rushing waters in the desert that vanish.
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The stream floods when it is full of dark ice and melting snow,
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but in the heat it dries up and disappears, vanishing from where it once was.
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Camel caravans turn aside to look for water, but don't find any and they die.
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Caravans from Tema looked, travelers from Sheba were confident,
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but their hopes were dashed—they came and found nothing.
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Now you are no help, just like that—you see my trouble and you're afraid.
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Have I asked you for anything? Have I told you to bribe anyone for me from your wealth?
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Have I asked you to rescue me from an enemy? Have I told you to save me from my oppressors?
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Explain this to me, and I'll be quiet. Show me where I'm wrong.
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Honest words are painful, but what do your arguments prove?
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Are you going to argue over what I said, when the words of someone in despair should be left to blow...
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You would play dice to win an orphan; you would bargain away your friend!
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Look me in the eye and see if I'm lying to your face!
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Don't talk like this! Don't be unjust! What I'm saying is right.
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I'm not telling lies—don't you think I wouldn't know if I was wrong?”
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