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?
1Nanso Hiob buaeɛ kaa sɛ,Under pastoral review
2Ao sɛ wɔbɛkari me yea no yie, na wɔde m'amanehunu agu nsania so abom!Under pastoral review
3Efisɛ afei anka ɛmu bɛyɛ duru asene ɛpo mpoano anwea: ɛno enti na wɔmene me nsɛm.Under pastoral review
4Efisɛ Otumfoɔ Panin bɛmma wɔ me mu, na ɛho awuduro nom me honhom: Onyankopɔn ahunahuna gyinagyina anim tia me.Under pastoral review
5Wuram afunumu su ɛberɛ a ɔwɔ serɛ anaa? anaasɛ nantwie bo mu wɔ n'aduane so anaa?Under pastoral review
6Wɔbɛtumi adi deɛ ɛnyɛ dɛ a nkyene nnim anaa? anaasɛ dɛ bi wɔ kosua fitaa mu anaa?Under pastoral review
7Nneɛma a me kra ampɛ sɛ ɔde ne nsa ka no ayɛ sɛ m'aduane a ɛyɛ awerɛhoɔ.Under pastoral review
8Ao sɛ mɛnya m'abisadeɛ; na Onyankopɔn ama me deɛ mepɛ no!Under pastoral review
9Sɛ ɛbɛsɔ Onyankopɔn ani sɛ ɔsɛe me; sɛ ɔbɛgyaa ne nsa mu, na watwa me afiri mu!Under pastoral review
10Ɛnneɛ anka mɛnya awerɛkyekyerɛ; aane, anka mɛhyɛ me ho den wɔ awerɛhoɔ mu: mma ɔnnkyɛ me; efisɛ memfaa Ɔkronkronni no nsɛm anhinta.Under pastoral review
11Ɛdeɛn ne m'ahoɔden, a ɛsɛ sɛ menya anidasoɔ? na ɛdeɛn ne m'awieeɛ, a ɛsɛ sɛ metwe me nkwa mu?Under pastoral review
12M'ahoɔden yɛ aboɔ ahoɔden anaa? anaasɛ me honam yɛ kɔbere anaa?Under pastoral review
13Me mmoa nni me mu anaa? na wɔapam nyansa afiri me nkyɛn koraa anaa?Under pastoral review
14Ɛsɛ sɛ deɛ ɔwɔ amanehunu mu no nya ne yɔnko hɔ mmɔborɔhunu; nanso ɔgya Otumfoɔ Panin ho suro.Under pastoral review
15Me nuanom adi nnaadaa sɛ asuwa, na wɔtwam sɛ nsuwansuwa asutene;Under pastoral review
16Deɛ nsukyeneeɛ ama ayɛ tumtum, na sukyerɛmma ahinta mu:Under pastoral review
17Ɛberɛ a wɔyɛ hyew no, wɔyera: sɛ ahuhuro ba a, wɔdum wɔn firi wɔn siberɛ.Under pastoral review
18Wɔn kwan akwantempɔn man kɔ nkyɛn; wɔkɔ ɔkwa mu, na wɔyera.Under pastoral review
19Tema akuo hwɛeɛ, Syeba akuo twɛn wɔn.Under pastoral review
20Wɔn adwene tuu wɔn efisɛ na wɔwɔ anidasoɔ; wɔbaa hɔ, na wɔn ani wuiɛ.Under pastoral review
21Efisɛ afei moyɛ hwee; mohunu me ahweaseɛ, na mosuro.Under pastoral review
22Mekaa sɛ, Momfa mmrɛ me anaa? anaasɛ, Momfa mo agyapadeɛ mu akyɛdeɛ mma me anaa?Under pastoral review
23Anaasɛ, Monnye me mfiri ɔtamfoɔ nsam? anaasɛ, Montɔ me were mfiri ahoɔdenfoɔ nsam?Under pastoral review
24Monkyerɛkyerɛ me, na mɛyɛ komm: na momma mente deɛ mafom wɔ mu no ase.Under pastoral review
25Nsɛm a ɛtene yɛ den yie! nanso mo akyinnyeɛ no ka ɛdeɛn anim?Under pastoral review
26Modwene sɛ mobɛka nsɛm anim, ne deɛ n'abasa mu abu no kasa, a ɛte sɛ mframa anaa?Under pastoral review
27Aane, moto hwe awisiaa so, na motu amena ma mo yɔnko.Under pastoral review
28Enti afei momma mo ani nnye, monhwɛ me; efisɛ sɛ meredi atorɔ a, ɛda adi kyerɛ mo.Under pastoral review
29Mesrɛ mo, monsane mmra, mma ɛnnyɛ amumuyɛ; aane, monsane mmra bio, me tenenee wɔ mu.Under pastoral review
30Amumuyɛ wɔ me tɛkrɛma so anaa? me kɛterɛ ntumi nhu nneɛma a ɛyɛ kɔntɔnkye anaa?Under pastoral review