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 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“If only my grief could be weighed and my calamity placed on the scales. 3For it outweighs the sands of the sea; that is why my words have been rash. For the arrows of Shaddai are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors line up against me. 5Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass or an ox bellow over his fodder? 6Is something bland eaten without salt, is there 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 shattered me; He grabbed me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me His target;
• Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap calamities upon them. With My arrows I will finish them.
• Psalms 7:13If He does not relent, He will sharpen His sword. He has bent His bow and made it ready.
• Psalms 18:14Adonai also thundered in the heavens, and Elyon gave forth His voice, hail and fiery coals.
• Psalms 21:12Though they intended evil against You and devised a plot, they cannot succeed.
• Psalms 38:2Adonai, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
• Psalms 45:5In your majesty ride victoriously, on behalf of truth, meekness and justice. Let your right hand display awesome things.
• Lamentations 3:12He bent His bow and made me the target for His arrow.
• Deuteronomy 32:24Wasted by famine, ravaged by plague and pestilence so bitter, fangs of beasts I’ll let loose on them, with venom of creepers in the dust.
• Psalms 143:7Answer me speedily, Adonai— my spirit fails. Hide not Your face from me, lest I become like those who go down into the Pit.
• Proverbs 18:14One’s spirit sustains him through illness, but who can bear a crushed spirit?
• Mark 14:33He takes with Him Peter, Jacob, and John; and He began to be deeply distressed and troubled.
• Mark 15:34At the ninth hour Yeshua cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You abandoned Me?”
• Job 9:17He who crushes me with a storm and multiplies my wounds for no reason.
• Job 30:15Terrors are turned on me; they chase away my honor like the wind, and like a cloud my deliverance vanishes.
• Job 31:23For calamity from God was a terror to me, and because of His majesty, I could 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

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