Tree of Life Version
Job 6:7
7My soul refuses to touch them; they are like sickening food 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
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? My soul refuses to touch them; they are like sickening food to me. 8Oh that my request would be realized, that God would grant my hope; 9that God would be willing to crush me, to release His hand, and cut me off!
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 17:12So she said, “As Adonai your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in the jar, and a little oil in the jug. Now look, I am gathering a couple of sticks, so that I may go in and prepare it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.”
- 1 Kings 22:27and say, “Thus says the king: ‘Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
- Psalms 102:9My enemies taunt me all day. My deriders use my name to curse.
- Ezekiel 4:14Then I said, “Ah, Adonai Elohim ! Behold, I have never defiled myself. From my youth up until now have I not eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts. Tainted meat has never come into my mouth.”
- Ezekiel 12:18“Son of man, eat your bread with quaking and drink your water with trembling and anxiety.
- Daniel 10:3I ate no rich food, nor did meat or wine enter my mouth, nor did I anoint myself with oil, until the end of three weeks.
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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