Jb 6 (King James)

¹ But Job answered and said,
² Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
³ For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
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?
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!
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
²⁸ Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
²⁹ Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
³⁰ Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?

Jb 6 (Vulgate)

¹ Respondens autem Job, dixit :
² [Utinam appenderentur peccata mea quibus iram merui, et calamitas quam patior, in statera !
³ Quasi arena maris hæc gravior appareret ; unde et verba mea dolore sunt plena :
⁴ quia sagittæ Domini in me sunt, quarum indignatio ebibit spiritum meum ; et terrores Domini militant contra me.
⁵ Numquid rugiet onager cum habuerit herbam ? aut mugiet bos cum ante præsepe plenum steterit ?
⁶ aut poterit comedi insulsum, quod non est sale conditum ? aut potest aliquis gustare quod gustatum affert mortem ?
⁷ Quæ prius nolebat tangere anima mea, nunc, præ angustia, cibi mei sunt.
⁸ Quis det ut veniat petitio mea, et quod expecto tribuat mihi Deus ?
⁹ et qui cœpit, ipse me conterat ; solvat manum suam, et succidat me ?
¹⁰ Et hæc mihi sit consolatio, ut affligens me dolore, non parcat, nec contradicam sermonibus Sancti.
¹¹ Quæ est enim fortitudo mea, ut sustineam ? aut quis finis meus, ut patienter agam ?
¹² Nec fortitudo lapidum fortitudo mea, nec caro mea ænea est.
¹³ Ecce non est auxilium mihi in me, et necessarii quoque mei recesserunt a me.
¹⁴ Qui tollit ab amico suo misericordiam, timorem Domini derelinquit.
¹⁵ Fratres mei præterierunt me, sicut torrens qui raptim transit in convallibus.
¹⁶ Qui timent pruinam, irruet super eos nix.
¹⁷ Tempore quo fuerint dissipati, peribunt ; et ut incaluerit, solventur de loco suo.
¹⁸ Involutæ sunt semitæ gressuum eorum ; ambulabunt in vacuum, et peribunt.
¹⁹ Considerate semitas Thema, itinera Saba, et expectate paulisper.
²⁰ Confusi sunt, quia speravi : venerunt quoque usque ad me, et pudore cooperti sunt.
²¹ Nunc venistis ; et modo videntes plagam meam, timetis.
²² Numquid dixi : Afferte mihi, et de substantia vestra donate mihi ?
²³ vel : Liberate me de manu hostis, et de manu robustorum eruite me ?
²⁴ Docete me, et ego tacebo : et si quid forte ignoravi, instruite me.
²⁵ Quare detraxistis sermonibus veritatis, cum e vobis nullus sit qui possit arguere me ?
²⁶ Ad increpandum tantum eloquia concinnatis, et in ventum verba profertis.
²⁷ Super pupillum irruitis, et subvertere nitimini amicum vestrum.
²⁸ Verumtamen quod cœpistis explete : præbete aurem, et videte an mentiar.
²⁹ Respondete, obsecro, absque contentione ; et loquentes id quod justum est, judicate.
³⁰ Et non invenietis in lingua mea iniquitatem, nec in faucibus meis stultitia personabit.]