God’s Word Translation
Job 6:7
7I refuse to touch such things. They are disgusting to me.
Job 6:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
- New International Version (NIV)I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My appetite refuses to touch them; they are as food that is loathsome to me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My soul refuses to touch them; They are as loathsome food to me.
Context of Job 6:7
5“Does a wild donkey bray when it’s ⌞eating⌟ grass, or does an ox make a sound over its hay? 6Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there any flavor in the white of an egg? I refuse to touch such things. They are disgusting to me. 8“How I wish that my prayer would be answered— that God would give me what I’m hoping for, 9that God would ⌞finally⌟ be willing to crush me, that he would reach out to cut me off.
Read all of Job 6Job 6:7 word by word
מֵאֲנָ֣ה לִנְגּ֣וֹעַ נַפְשִׁ֑י הֵ֝֗מָּה כִּדְוֵ֥י לַחְמִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 6:7
- 1 Kings 17:12She said, “I solemnly swear, as the Lord your God lives, I didn’t bake any bread. I have one handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. I’m gathering wood. I’m going to prepare something for myself and my son so that we can eat it and then die.”
- 1 Kings 22:27Say, ‘This is what the king says: Put this man in prison, and feed him nothing but bread and water until I come home safely.’ ”
- Psalms 102:9I eat ashes like bread and my tears are mixed with my drink
- Ezekiel 4:14I answered, “Almighty Lord, I have never dishonored myself. From the time I was young until now, I have never eaten an animal that died by itself or was killed by other wild animals. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”
- Ezekiel 12:18“Son of man, shake as you eat your food. Tremble and be worried as you drink your water.
- Daniel 10:3I didn’t eat any good-tasting food. No meat or wine entered my mouth. I didn’t wash myself until the entire three weeks were over.
Commentaries on Job 6:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The things that my soul refused to touch - That I refused to touch - the word “soul” here being used to denote himself. The idea here is, that those things which formerly were objects of loathing to him, had become his painful and distressing food. The idea may be either that he was reduced to the greatest pain and distress in partaking of his food, since he loathed that which he was obliged to eat (compare notes, Job 3:24), or more probably his calamity…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. 77. To "touch" is contrasted with "meat." "My taste refused even to touch it, and yet am I fed with such meat of sickness." The second clause literally, is, "Such is like the sickness of my food." The natural taste abhors even to touch insipid food, and such forms my nourishment. For my sickness is like such nauseous food [Umbreit]. (Psa 42:3; 80:5; 102:9). No wonder, then, I complain.Read the comment
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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
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