Job 6:4

Job 6:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; My spirit drinks in their poison; The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Context of Job 6:4

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. Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks their poison. God’s terrors are arrayed against me. 5Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass or an ox low over its fodder? 6Is bland food eaten without salt? Is there flavor in an egg white?

Job 6:4 word by word

כִּ֤י חִצֵּ֪י שַׁדַּ֡י עִמָּדִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֣ר חֲ֭מָתָם שֹׁתָ֣ה רוּחִ֑י בִּעוּתֵ֖י אֱל֣וֹהַּ יַֽעַרְכֽוּנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the arrowsחֵץchêts · arrowH2671
• of the Almightyשַׁדַּיshadday · AlmightyH7706
• withinעִמָּדִי‛immâd · with meH5978
• me, the poisonחֵמָהchêmâh chêmâ' · rageH2534
• whereof drinketh upשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• my spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• the terrorsבִּעוּתִיםbi‛ûthîym · terrorH1161
• of Godאֱלֹהַּ'ĕlôahh 'ĕlôahh · godH433
• do set themselves in arrayעָרַךְ‛ârak · to arrangeH6186

Cross-references for Job 6:4

• Job 16:12I was at ease, but he shattered me; he seized me by the scruff of the neck and smashed me to pieces. He set me up as his target;
• Deuteronomy 32:23“I will pile disasters on them; I will use up my arrows against them.
• Psalms 7:13He has prepared his deadly weapons; he tips his arrows with fire.
• Psalms 18:14He shot his arrows and scattered them; he hurled lightning bolts and routed them.
• Psalms 21:12Instead, you will put them to flight when you ready your bowstrings to shoot at them.
• Psalms 38:2For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has pressed down on me.
• Psalms 45:5Your sharpened arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s enemies; the peoples fall under you.
• Lamentations 3:12He strung his bow and set me as the target for his arrow.
• Deuteronomy 32:24They will be weak from hunger, ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will unleash on them wild beasts with fangs, as well as venomous snakes that slither in the dust.
• Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, Lord; my spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, or I will be like those going down to the Pit.
• Proverbs 18:14A person’s spirit can endure sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?
• Mark 14:33He took Peter, James, and John with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled.
• Mark 15:34And at three Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lemá sabachtháni?” which is translated, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”
• Job 9:17He batters me with a whirlwind and multiplies my wounds without cause.
• Job 30:15Terrors are turned loose against me; they chase my dignity away like the wind, and my prosperity has passed by like a cloud.
• Job 31:23For disaster from God terrifies me, and because of his majesty I could not do these things.

Commentaries on Job 6:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The arrows of the Almighty - There is an evident reference here to wounds inflicted by poisoned arrows; and to the burning fever occasioned by such wounds, producing such an intense parching thirst as to dry up all the moisture in the system, stop all the salivary ducts, thicken and inflame the blood, induce putrescency, and terminate in raging mania, producing the most terrifying images, from which the patient is relieved only by death. This is strongly…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me - That is, it is not a light affliction that I endure. I am wounded in a manner which could not be caused by man - called to endure a severity of suffering which shows that it proceeds from the Almighty. Thus called to suffer what man could not cause, he maintains that it is right for him to complain, and that the words which he employed were not an improper expression of the extent of the grief. The poison…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4In the Old Testament, arrows symbolize danger, disease, and destruction from God (7:20; 16:12–13; Deuteronomy 32:23–24, 42; Psalms 7:12–13; 38:2; 64:7; 91:5–6; Lamentations 2:4; 3:12–13; Ezekiel 5:16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. arrows ... within me--have pierced me. A poetic image representing the avenging Almighty armed with bow and arrows (Psa 38:2, 3). Here the arrows are poisoned. Peculiarly appropriate, in reference to the burning pains which penetrated, like poison, into the inmost parts--("spirit"; as contrasted with mere surface flesh wounds) of Job's body. set themselves in array--a military image (Jud 20:33). All the terrors which the divine wrath can muster are set…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 6:4

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Arrow

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Arguing
• Arrow
• Arrows
• Conceal
• Harden
• Poison
• Sorrowful
• Terror

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