Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
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In Context
3For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas—no wonder my words have been rash.
5Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:42I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
Job 9:17For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
Job 16:12I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
Job 21:20Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
Job 31:23For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
Psalms 18:14He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed 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 →