Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Lord are in me, the rage whereof drinketh up my spirit, and the terrors of the Lord war against me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
3As the sand of the sea this would appear heavier: therefore my words are full of sorrow :
5Will the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or will the ox low when he standeth before a full manger?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:42I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh, of the blood of the slain and of the captivity, of the bare head of the enemies.
Job 9:17For he shall crush me in a whirlwind, and multiply my wounds even without cause.
Job 16:12God hath shut me up with the unjust man, and hath delivered me into the hands of the wicked.
Job 21:20His eyes shall see his own destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Job 31:23For I have always feared God as waves swelling over me, and his weight I was not able to bear.
Psalms 18:14And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the highest gave his voice: hail and coals of 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 →