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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)For the Almighty has struck me down with his arrows. Their poison infects my spirit. God’s terrors are lined up against me.

Context of Job 6:4

2"Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances! 3For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash. For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me. 5Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass, or the ox low over his fodder? 6Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow?

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, and he broke me apart; he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces; he set me up as his target;
• Deuteronomy 32:23"'And I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend my arrows on them;
• Psalms 7:13he has prepared for him his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.
• Psalms 18:14And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
• Psalms 21:12For you will put them to flight; you will aim at their faces with your bows.
• Psalms 38:2For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me.
• Psalms 45:5Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; the peoples fall under you.
• Lamentations 3:12he bent his bow and set me as a target for his arrow.
• Deuteronomy 32:24they shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured by plague and poisonous pestilence; I will send the teeth of beasts against them, with the venom of things that crawl in the dust.
• Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, O Lord! My spirit fails! Hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the pit.
• Proverbs 18:14A man's spirit will endure sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?
• Mark 14:33And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled.
• Mark 15:34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
• Job 9:17For he crushes me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause;
• Job 30:15Terrors are turned upon me; my honor is pursued as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.
• Job 31:23For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty.

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
• Arguing
• Arrow
• Arrows
• Conceal
• Harden
• Poison
• Sorrowful
• Terror
• Boil (1)

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