Job 6:1

Job 6:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But Job answered and said,
• New International Version (NIV)Then Job replied:
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Job answered and said:
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Job answered and said:

Context of Job 6:1

Then Job answered: 2If only my grief could be weighed and my devastation placed with it on the scales. 3For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas! That is why my words are rash.

Job 6:1 word by word

וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But Jobאִיּוֹב'îyôb · JobH347
• answeredעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for Job 6:1

• Job 4:1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

Commentaries on Job 6:1

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Job justifies his complaints. (1-7) He wishes for death. (8-13) Job reproves his friends as unkind. (14-30) Verses 1-7 Job still justifies himself in his complaints. In addition to outward troubles, the inward sense of God's wrath took away all his courage and resolution. The feeling sense of the wrath of God is harder to bear than any outward afflictions. What then did the Saviour endure in the garden and on the cross, when he bare our sins, and his soul…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-30Job responds by criticizing his counselors and questioning God (chapters 6 and 7). He explains his intense words by indicating his deep "grief" or "anguish" (6:2–3; 7:11). Job states that Eliphaz has not provided comfort or sympathy as a friend. Instead, Eliphaz chose to argue about out of date religious or theological ideas.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-30FIRST SERIES CONTINUED. 2. throughly weighed--Oh, that instead of censuring my complaints when thou oughtest rather to have sympathized with me, thou wouldst accurately compare my sorrow, and my misfortunes; these latter "outweigh in the balance" the former.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 6:1

• Afflictions and Adversities

In the dictionaries

• Job
• Arguing
• Arrow
• Conceal
• Harden
• Sorrowful
• Terror
• Papyrus

Commentaries on Job 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings