1	But Job answered# and said# ,
			2	Oh that my grief were throughly# weighed# , and my calamity# # laid# in the balances together! [laid: Heb. lifted up]
			3	For now it would be heavier# than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up# . [my words...: that is, I want words to express my grief]
			4	For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up# my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array# against me.
			5	Doth the wild ass bray# when he hath grass? or loweth# the ox over his fodder? [when he...: Heb. at grass?]
			6	Can that which is unsavoury be eaten# without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
			7	The things that my soul refused# to touch# are as my sorrowful meat.
			8	Oh that I might have# my request; and that God would grant# me the thing that I long for! [the thing...: Heb. my expectation]
			9	Even that it would please# God to destroy# me; that he would let loose# his hand, and cut me off# !
			10	Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden# myself in sorrow: let him not spare# ; for I have not concealed# the words of the Holy One.
			11	What is my strength, that I should hope# ? and what is mine end, that I should prolong# my life?
			12	Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? [of brass: Heb. brasen?]
			13	Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite# from me?
			14	To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh# the fear of the Almighty. [is afflicted: Heb. melteth]
			15	My brethren have dealt deceitfully# as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away# ;
			16	Which are blackish# by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid# :
			17	What time they wax warm# , they vanish# : when it is hot, they are consumed out# of their place. [vanish: Heb. are cut off] [when...: Heb. in the heat thereof] [consumed: Heb. extinguished]
			18	The paths of their way are turned aside# ; they go# to nothing, and perish# .
			19	The troops of Tema looked# , the companies of Sheba waited# for them.
			20	They were confounded# because they had hoped# ; they came# thither, and were ashamed# .
			21	For now ye are nothing; ye see# my casting down, and are afraid# . [ye are...: or, ye are like to them: Heb. to it] [nothing: Heb. not]
			22	Did I say# , Bring# unto me? or, Give a reward# for me of your substance?
			23	Or, Deliver# me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem# me from the hand of the mighty?
			24	Teach# me, and I will hold my tongue# : and cause me to understand# wherein I have erred# .
			25	How forcible# are right words! but what doth your arguing# reprove# ?
			26	Do ye imagine# to reprove# words, and the speeches of one that is desperate# , which are as wind?
			27	Yea, ye overwhelm# the fatherless, and ye dig# a pit for your friend. [ye overwhelm: Heb. ye cause to fall upon]
			28	Now therefore be content# , look# upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie# . [evident...: Heb. before your face]
			29	Return# , I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again# , my righteousness is in it. [in it: that is, in this matter]
			30	Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern# perverse things? [my taste: Heb. my palate]