Job 6:5

Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

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In Context

4For 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.

6Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

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Cross References

Psalms 42:1As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

Jeremiah 14:6And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.

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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