New King James Version

Job 6:6-13 New King James Version (NKJV)

6. Can flavorless food be eaten without salt?Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

7. My soul refuses to touch them;They are as loathsome food to me.

8. “Oh, that I might have my request,That God would grant me the thing that I long for!

9. That it would please God to crush me,That He would loose His hand and cut me off!

10. Then I would still have comfort;Though in anguish I would exult,He will not spare;For I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

11. “What strength do I have, that I should hope?And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

12. Is my strength the strength of stones?Or is my flesh bronze?

13. Is my help not within me?And is success driven from me?