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Job 6
Septuagint (Brenton, 1851) 6 compared with Septuagint (LXX2012) 6
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1But Job answered and said,
1But Job answered and said,
2Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, and take up my griefs in a balance together!
2Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, and take up my griefs in a balance together!
3And verily they would be heavier than the sand by the seashore: but, as it seems, my words are vain.
3And verily they would be heavier than the sand by the seashore: but, as it seems, my words are vain.
4For the arrows of the Lord are in my body, whose violence drinks up my blood: whenever I am going to speak, they pierce me.
4For the arrows of the Lord are in my body, whose violence drinks up my blood: whenever I am going to speak, they pierce me.
5What then? will the wild ass bray for nothing, if he is not seeking food? or again, will the ox low at the manger, when he has fodder?
5What then? will the wild ass bray for nothing, if he is not seeking food? or again, will the ox low at the manger, when he has a fodder?
6Shall bread be eaten without salt? or again, is there taste in empty words?
6Shall bread be eaten without salt? or again, is there taste in empty words?
7For my wrath cannot cease; for I perceive my food as the smell of a lion [to be] loathsome.
7For my wrath can’t cease; for I perceive my food as the smell of a lion [to be] loathsome.
8For oh that he would grant [my desire], and my petition might come, and the Lord would grant my hope!
8For oh that he would grant [my desire], and my petition might come, and the Lord would grant my hope!
9Let the Lord begin and wound me, but let him not utterly destroy me.
9Let the Lord begin and wound me, but let him not utterly destroy me.
10Let the grave be my city, upon the walls of which I have leaped: I will not shrink from it; for I have not denied the holy words of my God.
10Let the grave be my city, upon the walls of which I have leaped: I will not shrink from it; for I have not denied the holy words of my God.
11For what is my strength, that I continue? what is my time, that my soul endures?
11For what is my strength, that I continue? what is my time, that my soul endures?
12Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
12Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
13Or have I not trusted in him? but help is [far] from me.
13Or have I not trusted in him? but help is [far] from me.
14Mercy has rejected me; and the visitation of the Lord has disregarded me.
14Mercy has rejected me; and the visitation of the Lord has disregarded me.
15My nearest relations have not regarded me; they have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave.
15My nearest relations have not regarded me; they have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave.
16They who used to reverence me, now have come against me like snow or congealed ice.
16They who used to reverence me, now have come against me like snow or congealed ice.
17When it has melted at the approach of heat, it is not known what it was.
17When it has melted at the approach of heat, it is not known what it was.
18Thus I also have been deserted of all; and I am ruined, and become an outcast.
18Thus I also have been deserted of all; and I am ruined, and become an outcast.