Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh up; the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore are my words broken.
5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:42I will make Mine arrows drunk with blood, and My sword shall devour flesh; with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the long-haired heads of the enemy.'
Job 9:17He that would break me with a tempest, and multiply my wounds without cause;
Job 16:12I was at ease, and He broke me asunder; yea, He hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces; He hath also set me up for His mark.
Job 21:20Let his own eyes see his destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Job 31:23For calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of His majesty I could do nothing.
Psalms 18:14(18-15) And He sent out His arrows, and scattered them; and He shot forth lightnings, and discomfited them.
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 →