that it would (A)please God to crush me,
    that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
10 This would be my comfort;
    I would even exult[a] in pain (B)unsparing,
    for I have not denied the words of (C)the Holy One.
11 What is my strength, that I should wait?
    And what is my end, that I should be patient?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?
13 Have I any help in me,
    when resource is driven from me?

14 “He who (D)withholds[b] kindness from a (E)friend
    forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15 My (F)brothers are (G)treacherous as a torrent-bed,
    as torrential (H)streams that pass away,
16 which are dark with ice,
    and where the snow hides itself.
17 When they melt, they disappear;
    when it is hot, they vanish from their place.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:10 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
  2. Job 6:14 Syriac, Vulgate (compare Targum); the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

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