{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/job/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T12:25:30.100Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":6,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":5,"nextChapter":7,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":30},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"But Job answered and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinks up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Does the wild ass bray when he has grass? or lows the ox over his fodder?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Then should I yet have comfort; yes, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"To him that is afflicted pity should be showed from his friend; but he forsakes the fear of the Almighty."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For now you are nothing; you see my casting down, and are afraid."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Did I say, Bring to me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"How forcible are right words! but what does your arguing reprove?"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Do you imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless, and you dig a pit for your friend."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Now therefore be content, look on me; for it is evident to you if I lie."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yes, return again, my righteousness is in it."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?"}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 6 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Job 6](https://primebible.com/akjv/job/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/job/6 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}