ECB(i)
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IYOB ANSWERS
And Iyob answers and says, 2 Oh that in weighing, my vexation were weighed and my calamity lifted in the balances together! 3 For now it is heavier than the sand of the sea; so I gulp my words; 4 for the arrows of Shadday are within me, whereof the poison drinks up my spirit; the terrors of Elohah line up against me. 5 Brays the wild runner when he has sprouts? Bellows the ox over his fodder? 6 Is slime eaten without salt? Is there taste in the slime of an egg? 7 What my soul refuses to touch is as my bloody bread. 8 O that I be given my petition; and that Elohah give me hope! 9 O that Elohah wills to crush me - to loose his hand and cut me off! 10 And yet it is my sighing; I jump with pangs; he spares not: for I conceal not the sayings of the Holy One. 11 What is my force, that I await? What is my end, that I prolong my soul? 12 Is my force the force of stones? Is my flesh of copper? 13 Is not my help within me? Is substance quite driven from me? 14 He who melts, has mercy from his friend; but he forsakes the awe of Shadday. 15 My brothers cover up as a wadi and as the reservoir of wadies, they pass away; 16 - darkened by the ice wherein the snow conceals; 17 by the time they dissipate they are exterminated; when it is hot they are extinguished from their place. 18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they ascend to waste and destruct. 19 The paths of Tema look; the caravans of Sheba await them; 20 they shame because they had hoped; there they come and blush. 21 Surely now you are naught; you see my casting down and awe. 22 Said I, Bring me? or, Bribe me of your substance? 23 or, Rescue me from the hand of the tribulator? or, Redeem me from the hand of the tyrant? 24 Teach me, and I hush; and I discern wherein I have inadvertently erred. 25 How reinforcing the sayings of straightness! And what does your reproving reprove? 26 Fabricate you to reprove utterances and the sayings of a quitter as wind? 27 Yes, you fell the orphan and you dig for your friend. 28 And now, will to face me; for it is evident to your face if I lie. 29 Return, I beseech you, that it not be wickedness; yes, return, my justness is in it. 30 Is there wickedness in my tongue? Cannot my palate discern calamity?
IYOB ANSWERS
And Iyob answers and says, 2 Oh that in weighing, my vexation were weighed and my calamity lifted in the balances together! 3 For now it is heavier than the sand of the sea; so I gulp my words; 4 for the arrows of Shadday are within me, whereof the poison drinks up my spirit; the terrors of Elohah line up against me. 5 Brays the wild runner when he has sprouts? Bellows the ox over his fodder? 6 Is slime eaten without salt? Is there taste in the slime of an egg? 7 What my soul refuses to touch is as my bloody bread. 8 O that I be given my petition; and that Elohah give me hope! 9 O that Elohah wills to crush me - to loose his hand and cut me off! 10 And yet it is my sighing; I jump with pangs; he spares not: for I conceal not the sayings of the Holy One. 11 What is my force, that I await? What is my end, that I prolong my soul? 12 Is my force the force of stones? Is my flesh of copper? 13 Is not my help within me? Is substance quite driven from me? 14 He who melts, has mercy from his friend; but he forsakes the awe of Shadday. 15 My brothers cover up as a wadi and as the reservoir of wadies, they pass away; 16 - darkened by the ice wherein the snow conceals; 17 by the time they dissipate they are exterminated; when it is hot they are extinguished from their place. 18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they ascend to waste and destruct. 19 The paths of Tema look; the caravans of Sheba await them; 20 they shame because they had hoped; there they come and blush. 21 Surely now you are naught; you see my casting down and awe. 22 Said I, Bring me? or, Bribe me of your substance? 23 or, Rescue me from the hand of the tribulator? or, Redeem me from the hand of the tyrant? 24 Teach me, and I hush; and I discern wherein I have inadvertently erred. 25 How reinforcing the sayings of straightness! And what does your reproving reprove? 26 Fabricate you to reprove utterances and the sayings of a quitter as wind? 27 Yes, you fell the orphan and you dig for your friend. 28 And now, will to face me; for it is evident to your face if I lie. 29 Return, I beseech you, that it not be wickedness; yes, return, my justness is in it. 30 Is there wickedness in my tongue? Cannot my palate discern calamity?