Job 6:7
I just can't touch any food—even the thought makes me feel sick!
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
In Context
6Can something that's tasteless be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?
8Oh, if only I could have what I really want, that God would give me what I most desire—
Cross References
1 Kings 17:12She replied, “As the Lord your God lives, I have no bread, only a handful of flour is left in a jar and a little bit of olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a few sticks so I can go and cook what's left for myself and my son so we can eat it, and then we'll die.”
Job 3:24My groans are the bread I eat; my raging tears are the water I drink.
Ezekiel 4:14“Please no, Lord God!” I answered. “I have never made myself unclean. I haven't eaten anything found dead or killed by wild animals from the time I was young until now. I've never put unclean meat in my mouth.”
Ezekiel 12:18“Son of man, tremble as you eat your bread; shake with worry as you drink your water.
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 →