Job 6:4

For the arrows of the Almighty are in me, 1 my spirit drinks up the poison; 1 the terrors of God have arranged themselves in array against me. 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas. 1 That is why my words were reckless. 1

5Does the wild donkey bray in despair when he has grass? 1 Or does the ox low in hunger when it has fodder? 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:42I will make my arrows drunk with blood, 1 and my sword will devour flesh 1 with the blood of the killed and the captives, 1 and from the heads of the leaders of the enemy.'” 1

Job 9:17For he breaks me with a tempest 1 and multiplies my wounds without cause. 1

Job 16:12I was at ease, and he broke me apart. 1 Indeed, he has taken me by the neck and dashed me to pieces; 1 he has also set me up as his target. 1

Job 21:20Let his eyes see his own destruction, 1 and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 1

Job 31:23For I dreaded destruction from God; 1 because of his majesty, I was not able to do those things. 1

Psalms 18:14He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies; many lightning bolts dispersed them. 1

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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