New American Standard Bible 2020
Job 6:4
4For the 1arrows of the Almighty are within me, 2My spirit drinks their 3poison; The 4terrors of God line up against me.
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
2“Oh if only my grief were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my disaster! 3For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; For that reason my words have been rash. For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, My spirit drinks their poison; The terrors of God line up against me. 5Does the wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his feed? 6Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the juice of an alkanet plant?
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כִּ֤י חִצֵּ֪י שַׁדַּ֡י עִמָּדִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֣ר חֲ֭מָתָם שֹׁתָ֣ה רוּחִ֑י בִּעוּתֵ֖י אֱל֣וֹהַּ יַֽעַרְכֽוּנִי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 6:4
- Job 16:12I was at ease, but He shattered me, And He has grasped me by my neck and shaken me to pieces; He has also set me up as His target.
- Deuteronomy 32:23‘I will add misfortunes to them; I will use up My arrows on them.
- Psalms 7:13He has also prepared deadly weapons for Himself; He makes His arrows fiery shafts.
- Psalms 18:14He sent out His arrows, and scattered them, And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.
- Psalms 21:12For You will make them turn their back; You will take aim at their faces with Your bowstrings.
- Psalms 38:2For Your arrows have sunk deep into me, And Your hand has pressed down on me.
- Psalms 45:5Your arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under You; Your arrows are in the heart of the King’s enemies.
- Lamentations 3:12He bent His bow And took aim at me as a target for the arrow.
- Deuteronomy 32:24They will be wasted by famine, and emaciated by plague And a bitter epidemic; And the teeth of beasts I will send against them, With the venom of crawling things of the dust.
- Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, Lord, my spirit fails; Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will be the same as those who go down to the pit.
- Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a person can endure his sickness, But as for a broken spirit, who can endure it?
- Mark 14:33And He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be very distressed and troubled.
- Mark 15:34At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabaktanei?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
- Job 9:17For He bruises me with a storm And multiplies my wounds without cause.
- Job 30:15Sudden terrors are turned upon me; They chase away my dignity like the wind, And my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.
- Job 31:23For disaster from God is a terror to me, And because of His majesty I can do nothing.
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
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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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