Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh it: the terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
3For now it is already heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore are my words confused.
5Doth the wild ass bray over the grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:42I will make my arrows drunken with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; from the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the crushed head of the enemy.
Job 9:17He that bruiseth me with [his] tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without a cause.
Job 16:12I was at ease, but he hath crushed me; he hath also grasped me by the neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up unto himself as a mark;
Job 21:20His own eyes ought to see his downfall, and from the wrath of the Almighty ought he to drink.
Job 31:23For dreaded by me was the calamitous punishment of God, and against his highness I can accomplish 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 →