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The Book of Job, Chapter 6, Verse 1

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Lo this, we have searched it, so it [is]; hear it, and know thou [it] for thy good.
King James Version
But Job answered and said,
American Standard Version
Then Job answered and said,
New English Translation
Job Replies to Eliphaz Then Job responded:
World English Bible
Then Job answered,
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Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
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For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
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For the arrows of the Almighty [are] within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
5
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
6
Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there [any] taste in the white of an egg?
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The things [that] my soul refused to touch [are] as my sorrowful meat.
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Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!
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Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
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Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
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What [is] my strength, that I should hope? and what [is] mine end, that I should prolong my life?