1Then Job answered,

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Job 4:1, Job 4:1

2"Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!

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Job 4:5, Job 23:2, Job 31:6, Job 4:5, Job 23:2

3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore have my words been rash.

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Proverbs 27:3, Proverbs 27:3, Job 37:19, Job 37:20, Matthew 11:28

4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.

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Psalms 38:2, Psalms 38:2, Job 30:15, Job 30:15, Psalms 88:15

5Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?

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Jeremiah 14:6, Joel 1:18, Joel 1:20, Psalms 42:1, Psalms 104:14

6Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

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Leviticus 2:13, Colossians 4:6, Leviticus 2:13, Colossians 4:6, Job 34:3

7My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.

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Ezekiel 4:14, Job 3:24, Ezekiel 12:18, Ezekiel 12:19, Daniel 10:3

8"Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,

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Psalms 119:81, Psalms 119:81, Job 6:11, Job 6:13, Job 6:11

9even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

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1 Kings 19:4, 1 Kings 19:4, Jonah 4:3, Jonah 4:3, Isaiah 48:10

10Be it still my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

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Job 23:12, Job 23:12, Isaiah 57:15, Leviticus 19:2, Isaiah 57:15

11What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?

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Psalms 103:14, Psalms 103:16, Psalms 103:14, Psalms 103:16, Psalms 102:23

12Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?

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Job 41:24, Job 40:18, Job 41:24, Job 40:18

13Isn't it that I have no help in me, That wisdom is driven quite from me?

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2 Corinthians 1:12, Job 26:2, 2 Corinthians 1:12, Job 26:2, Job 12:2

14"To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

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Proverbs 17:17, Proverbs 17:17, Galatians 6:2, 1 Corinthians 12:26, Galatians 6:2

15My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;

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Jeremiah 15:18, Psalms 38:11, Jeremiah 15:18, Psalms 38:11, Psalms 41:9

16Which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.

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17In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

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1 Kings 17:1, Job 24:19, 1 Kings 17:1, Job 24:19

18The caravans that travel beside them turn aside. They go up into the waste, and perish.

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19The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them.

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Genesis 25:15, Isaiah 21:14, Genesis 25:15, Isaiah 21:14, Jeremiah 25:23

20They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded.

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Jeremiah 17:13, Romans 9:33, Romans 5:5, Jeremiah 14:3, Jeremiah 14:4

21For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid.

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Psalms 38:11, Psalms 38:11, 2 Timothy 4:16, Revelation 18:9, Revelation 18:10

22Did I say, 'Give to me?' or, 'Offer a present for me from your substance?'

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Job 42:11, Acts 20:33, 1 Samuel 12:3, Job 42:11, Acts 20:33

23or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand?' or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?'

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Job 5:20, Psalms 107:2, Psalms 49:7, Psalms 49:8, Jeremiah 15:21

24"Teach me, and I will hold my peace. Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

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James 3:2, Proverbs 9:9, James 3:2, Proverbs 9:9, Psalms 39:1

25How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?

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Job 13:5, Job 16:3, Job 16:5, Job 4:4, Proverbs 12:18

26Do you intend to reprove words, seeing that the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?

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Job 8:2, Job 8:2, Ephesians 4:14, Ephesians 4:14, Job 3:3

27Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.

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Nahum 3:10, Psalms 7:15, Job 24:9, Job 22:9, James 1:27

28Now therefore be pleased to look at me, for surely I shall not lie to your face.

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Job 27:4, Job 13:4, Job 33:3, Job 27:4, Job 13:4

29Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous.

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Job 17:10, Job 17:10, Job 27:4, Job 27:6, Job 23:10

30Is there injustice on my tongue? Can't my taste discern mischievous things?

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Job 12:11, Job 12:11, Job 6:6, Job 6:6, Job 42:3