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 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 grief were fully weighed, And my calamity laid with it on the scales! 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 within me; My spirit drinks in their poison; The terrors of God are arrayed against me. 5Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass, Or does the ox low over its fodder? 6Can flavorless food be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

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 has shattered me; He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces; He has set me up for His target,
• Deuteronomy 32:23‘I will heap disasters on them; I will spend My arrows on them.
• Psalms 7:13He also prepares for Himself instruments of death; He makes His arrows into fiery shafts.
• Psalms 18:14He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe, Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them.
• Psalms 21:12Therefore You will make them turn their back; You will make ready Your arrows on Your string toward their faces.
• Psalms 38:2For Your arrows pierce me deeply, And Your hand presses me down.
• Psalms 45:5Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the King’s enemies; The peoples fall under You.
• Lamentations 3:12He has bent His bow And set me up as a target for the arrow.
• Deuteronomy 32:24They shall be wasted with hunger, Devoured by pestilence and bitter destruction; I will also send against them the teeth of beasts, With the poison of serpents of the dust.
• Psalms 143:7Answer me speedily, O Lord; My spirit fails! Do not hide Your face from me, Lest I be like those who go down into the pit.
• Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, But who can bear a broken spirit?
• Mark 14:33And He took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be troubled and deeply distressed.
• Mark 15:34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “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; They pursue my honor as the wind, And my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
• Job 31:23For destruction from God is a terror to me, And because of His magnificence I cannot endure.

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