5:1Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

5:2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

5:3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

5:4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

5:5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

5:6Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

5:7Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

5:8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

5:9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

5:10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

5:11To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

5:12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

5:13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

5:14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

5:15But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

5:16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

5:17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

5:18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

5:19He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

5:20In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

5:21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

5:22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

5:23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

5:24And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

5:25Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

5:26Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

5:27Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

6:1But Job answered and said,

6:2Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

6:3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

6:4For 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.

6:5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

6:6Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

6:7The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

6:8Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

6:9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

6:10Then 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.

6:11What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

6:12Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?

6:13Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

6:14To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

6:15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

6:16Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:

6:17What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

6:18The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

6:19The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

6:20They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

6:21For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.

6:22Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?

6:23Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

6:24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

6:25How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

6:26Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

6:27Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

6:28Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.

6:29Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

6:30Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?

7:1Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

7:2As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

7:3So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

7:4When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

7:5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

7:6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

7:7O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

7:8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

7:9As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

7:10He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

7:11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

7:12Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

7:13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

7:14Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

7:15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

7:16I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

7:17What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

7:18And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

7:19How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

7:20I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

7:21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.