{"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/kjv/job/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T02:32:15.021Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 throughly 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 <i>are</i> within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: 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 is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there <i>any</i> taste in the white of an egg?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The things <i>that</i> my soul refused to touch <i>are</i> as my sorrowful meat."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant <i>me</i> 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; yea, 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 <i>is</i> my strength, that I should hope? and what <i>is</i> mine end, that I should prolong my life?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"<i>Is</i> my strength the strength of stones? or <i>is</i> my flesh of brass?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"<i>Is</i> not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"To him that is afflicted pity <i>should be shewed</i> from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, <i>and</i> as the stream of brooks they pass away;"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Which are blackish by reason of the ice, <i>and</i> 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 ye are nothing; ye see <i>my</i> casting down, and are afraid."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Did I say, Bring unto 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 doth your arguing reprove?"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, <i>which are</i> as wind?"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig <i>a pit</i> for your friend."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Now therefore be content, look upon me; for <i>it is</i> evident unto you if I lie."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness <i>is</i> in it."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?"}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 6 (KJV)","markdown":"[Job 6](https://primebible.com/kjv/job/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/job/6 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}