["But Job answered and said,","Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!<RF>laid: Heb. lifted up<Rf>","For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.<RF>my words…: that is, I want words to express my grief<Rf>","For the arrows of the Almighty <FI>are<Fi> within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.","Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?<RF>when he…: Heb. at grass?<Rf>","Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there <FI>any<Fi> taste in the white of an egg?","The things <FI>that<Fi> my soul refused to touch <FI>are<Fi> as my sorrowful meat.<CM>","Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant <FI>me<Fi> the thing that I long for!<RF>the thing…: Heb. my expectation<Rf>","Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!","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.","What <FI>is<Fi> my strength, that I should hope? and what <FI>is<Fi> mine end, that I should prolong my life?","<FI>Is<Fi> my strength the strength of stones? or <FI>is<Fi> my flesh of brass?<RF>of brass: Heb. brasen?<Rf>","<FI>Is<Fi> not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?<CM>","To him that is afflicted pity <FI>should be shewed<Fi> from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.<RF>is afflicted: Heb. melteth<Rf>","My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, <FI>and<Fi> as the stream of brooks they pass away;","Which are blackish by reason of the ice, <FI>and<Fi> wherein the snow is hid:","What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.<RF>vanish: Heb. are cut off<Rf><RF>when…: Heb. in the heat thereof<Rf><RF>consumed: Heb. extinguished<Rf>","The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.","The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.","They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.","For now ye are nothing; ye see <FI>my<Fi> casting down, and are afraid.<RF>ye are…: or, ye are like to them: Heb. to it<Rf><RF>nothing: Heb. not<Rf><CM>","Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?","Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?","Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.","How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?","Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, <FI>which are<Fi> as wind?","Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig <FI>a pit<Fi> for your friend.<RF>ye overwhelm: Heb. ye cause to fall upon<Rf>","Now therefore be content, look upon me; for <FI>it is<Fi> evident unto you if I lie.<RF>evident…: Heb. before your face<Rf>","Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness <FI>is<Fi> in it.<RF>in it: that is, in this matter<Rf>","Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?<RF>my taste: Heb. my palate<Rf><CM>"]