New International Version
Job 6:7
7I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill.
Job 6:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)My appetite disappears when I look at it; I gag at the thought of eating it!
Context of Job 6:7
5Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder? 6Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow? I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill. 8“Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for, 9that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut off my life!
Read all of Job 6Job 6:7 word by word
מֵאֲנָ֣ה לִנְגּ֣וֹעַ נַפְשִׁ֑י הֵ֝֗מָּה כִּדְוֵ֥י לַחְמִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 6:7
- 1 Kings 17:12“As surely as the Lord your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.”
- 1 Kings 22:27and say, ‘This is what the king says: Put this fellow in prison and give him nothing but bread and water until I return safely.’ ”
- Psalms 102:9For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears
- Ezekiel 4:14Then I said, “Not so, Sovereign Lord! I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead or torn by wild animals. No impure meat has ever entered my mouth.”
- Ezekiel 12:18“Son of man, tremble as you eat your food, and shudder in fear as you drink your water.
- Daniel 10:3I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the 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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