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Job 6
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Job’s Second Speech: A Response to Eliphaz

6 Then[a] Job answered and said,

2 “If only my vexation could be well weighed,
and my calamity could be lifted up together with it in the balances,
3 for then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas;
therefore my words have been rash,
4 for the arrows of Shaddai are in me;
my spirit drinks their poison;
the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
5 Does the wild ass bray over grass,
or the ox bellow over its fodder?
6 Can tasteless food be eaten without[b] salt,
or is there taste in the white of a marshmallow plant?
7 I refused[c] to touch them;
they are like food that will make me ill.[d]
8 “O that[e] my request may come,
and that God may grant my hope,
9 that[f] God would decide that[g] he would crush me,
that he would let loose his hand and kill me.[h]
10 But[i] it will still be my consolation,
and I would recoil in unrelenting[j] pain,
for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11 What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should hold out?[k]
12 Or is my strength like the strength of stones?
Or is my flesh bronze?
13 Indeed,[l] my help is not in me,
and any success is driven from me.
14 “Loyal love[m] should come for the afflicted from his friend,
even if[n] he forsakes the fear of Shaddai.
15 My companions are treacherous like a torrent-bed;
like a streambed of wadis[o] they flow away,
16 which are growing dark because of ice upon them,
it will pile up snow.
17 In time they dry up, they disappear;
when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
18 The paths of their way wind around;
they go up into the wasteland, and they perish.
19 The caravans of Tema looked;
the traveling merchants of Sheba hope for them.
20 They are disappointed, because they trusted;
they came here[p] and they are confounded.
21 “For now you[q] have become such;[r]
you see terrors, and you fear.
22 Is it because I have said, ‘Give to me,’
or,[s] ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth’?
23 or,[t] ‘Save me from the foe’s hand,’
or,[u] ‘Ransom me from the tyrants’ hand’?
24 Teach me, and I myself[v] will be silent;
and make me understand how I have gone astray.
25 How painful are upright words![w]
But[x] what does your reproof[y] reprove?
26 Do you intend to reprove my words[z]
and consider the words of a desperate man as wind?
27 Even over the orphan you would cast the lot,
and you would bargain over your friend.
28 “Therefore[aa] be prepared, turn to me,
and I surely will not lie to your face.[ab]
29 Please turn, let no injustice happen;
indeed,[ac] turn, my righteousness is still intact.[ad]
30 Is there injustice on my tongue?
Or can my palate not discern calamity?[ae]

Footnotes

  1. Job 6:1 Hebrew “And”
  2. Job 6:6 Hebrew “from without”
  3. Job 6:7 Literally “My soul/throat refuses”
  4. Job 6:7 Literally “the illness of my bread/food”
  5. Job 6:8 Literally “Who would give”
  6. Job 6:9 Hebrew “and”
  7. Job 6:9 Hebrew “and”
  8. Job 6:9 Literally “he would cut me off”
  9. Job 6:10 Hebrew “And”
  10. Job 6:10 Literally “he/it does not have compassion,” or “he/it does not have pity,” or “he/it does not spare”
  11. Job 6:11 Literally “I should make my self long,” or “I should lengthen my self”
  12. Job 6:13 An interrogative marker plus “if”
  13. Job 6:14 Or “Kindness”
  14. Job 6:14 Hebrew “and”
  15. Job 6:15 A seasonal stream that is often dry
  16. Job 6:20 Literally “up to it”
  17. Job 6:21 Plural throughout the rest of this chapter
  18. Job 6:21 Literally “to it,” or “for it”
  19. Job 6:22 Hebrew “and”
  20. Job 6:23 Hebrew “and”
  21. Job 6:23 Hebrew “And”
  22. Job 6:24 Emphatic personal pronoun
  23. Job 6:25 Literally “words of uprightness”
  24. Job 6:25 Hebrew “And”
  25. Job 6:25 Literally “reproving from you”
  26. Job 6:26 Or “Do you intend to reprove with words”
  27. Job 6:28 Literally “And now,” or “And so then”
  28. Job 6:28 Hebrew “faces”
  29. Job 6:29 Hebrew “and”
  30. Job 6:29 Literally “still my righteousness is in it”
  31. Job 6:30 Or “calamities”
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约伯记 6
Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition

6 约伯回答说：
2 “惟愿我的烦恼被秤一秤，
我一切的灾害放在天平里，
3 现今都比海沙更重，
所以我说话急躁。
4 因全能者的箭射中了我，
我的灵喝尽其毒；
　神的惊吓摆阵攻击我。
5 野驴有草岂会叫唤？
牛有饲料岂会吼叫？
6 食物淡而无盐岂可吃呢？
蛋白有什么滋味呢？
7 那些可厌的食物，
我心不肯挨近。

8 “惟愿我得着所求的，
　神赏赐我所切望的，
9 愿　神把我压碎，
伸手将我剪除。
10 我因没有违弃那圣者的言语，
就仍以此为安慰，
在不止息的痛苦中还可欢跃。
11 我有什么气力使我等候？
我有什么结局使我忍耐？
12 我的气力岂是石头的气力？
我的肉身岂是铜呢？
13 在我里面岂不是无助吗？
智慧岂不是从我心中被赶逐吗？

14 “灰心的人，他的朋友当以慈爱待他，
因为他将离弃敬畏全能者的心。
15 我的弟兄诡诈，好像河道，
像溪水流过的河床，
16 因结冰而混浊，
有雪藏在其中，
17 暖和的时候就溶化，
炎热时便从原处干涸。
18 商队偏离道路，
上到荒凉之地而死亡。
19 提玛的商队瞻望，
示巴的旅客等候。
20 他们因希望落空就抱愧，
来到那里便蒙羞。
21 现在你们正是这样[a]，
看见惊吓的事就惧怕。
22 我岂说：‘请你们供给我，
从你们的财物中送礼给我’？
23 或说：‘请你们拯救我脱离敌人的手，
救赎我脱离残暴人的手’吗？

24 “请你们指教我，我就不作声；
我在何事上有错，请使我明白。
25 正直言语的力量何其大！
但你们责备是责备什么呢？
26 绝望人的讲论既然如风，
你们还计划批驳言语吗？
27 你们甚至为孤儿抽签，
把朋友当货物。

28 “现在，请你们看着我，
我绝不当面说谎。
29 请你们转意，不要不公义；
请再转意，正义在我这里。
30 我的舌头岂有不公义吗？
我的上膛岂不辨奸恶吗？”

Footnotes

  1. 6．21 “你们正是这样”：原文另译“你们算不得什么”。
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