{"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/asv/job/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T19:34:07.403Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":6,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":5,"nextChapter":7,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":30},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then Job answered and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"My soul refuseth to touch them ; They are as loathsome food to me."},{"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 crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"To him that is ready to faint kindness'should be showed from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Which are black by reason of the ice, And wherein the snow hideth itself:"},{"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 caravans that travel by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Or, Deliver me from the adversary's hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what doth it reprove?"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; For surely I shall not lie to your face."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Yea, return again, my cause is righteous."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?"}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 6 (ASV)","markdown":"[Job 6](https://primebible.com/asv/job/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/job/6 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}