1Then Job answered and said:

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Job 4:1, Job 4:1

2O that my grief were weighed thoroughly! That my calamities were put together in the balance!

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

3Surely they would be heavier than the sand of the sea; On this account were my words 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 have pierced me; Their poison drinketh up my spirit; 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

5Doth the wild ass bray in the midst of grass? Or loweth the ox 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 is unsavory be eaten without salt? 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

7That which my soul abhorreth to touch Hath become my loathsome food.

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

8O that I might have my request, And that God would grant me that which I long for!

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

9That it would please God to destroy me; That he would let loose his hand, and make an end of me!

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

10Yet it should still be my consolation, Yea, in unsparing anguish I would exult, That I have not denied the commands 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 hope? And what mine 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 brass?

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

13Alas, there is no help within me! Deliverance is driven from me!

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

14To the afflicted, kindness should be shown by a friend; Else he casteth off 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

15But my brethren are faithless like a brook; Like streams of the valley that pass away;

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

16Which are turbid by reason of the ice, And the snow, which hideth itself in them.

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17As soon as they flow forth, they vanish; When the heat cometh, they are dried up from their place.

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

18The caravans turn aside to them on their way; They go up into the desert, and perish.

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19The caravans of Tema look for them; The companies of Sheba expect to see them;

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

20They are ashamed that they have relied on them; They come to their place, and are confounded.

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

21So ye also are nothing; Ye see a terror, and shrink back.

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

22Have I said, Bring me gifts? Or, Give a present for me out of 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 enemy’s hand? Or, Rescue me from the hand of the violent?

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

24Convince 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 powerful are the words of truth! But what do your reproaches prove?

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

26Do ye mean to censure words? The words of a man in despair are but wind.

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

27Truly ye spread a net for the fatherless; Ye dig a pit for your friend.

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

28Look now upon me, I pray you; For to your very face can I speak falsehood?

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

29Return, I pray, and let there be no unfairness; Yea, return; —still is my cause righteous.

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

30Is there iniquity on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern what is sinful?

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