Job 6:4

For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3For then its weight would be more than the sand of the seas: because of this my words have been uncontrolled.

5Does the ass of the fields give out his voice when he has grass? or does the ox make sounds over his food?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:42I will make my arrows red with blood, my sword will be feasting on flesh, with the blood of the dead and the prisoners, of the long-haired heads of my haters.

Job 9:17For I would be crushed by his storm, my wounds would be increased without cause.

Job 16:12I was in comfort, but I have been broken up by his hands; he has taken me by the neck, shaking me to bits; he has put me up as a mark for his arrows.

Job 21:20Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all!

Job 31:23For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.

Psalms 18:14\18:13\The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.

Matthew Henry on Job 6:2-8

Job's Reply to Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 But Job answered and said, 2 Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. 4 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. 5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? 6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten… Read the whole commentary →

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