Job 6:4
For the arrowes of the Almightie are in me, the venime whereof doeth drinke vp my spirit, and the terrours of God fight against me.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
3For it woulde be nowe heauier then the sande of the sea: therefore my wordes are swallowed vp.
5Doeth the wilde asse bray when he hath grasse? or loweth the oxe when he hath fodder?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:42I will make mine arrowes drunke with blood, (and my sword shall eate flesh) for the blood of the slaine, and of the captiues, when I beginne to take vengeance of the enemie.
Job 9:17For he destroyeth mee with a tempest, and woundeth me without cause.
Job 16:12I was in welth, but he hath brought me to nought: he hath taken me by the necke, and beaten me, and set me as a marke for himselfe.
Job 21:20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drinke of the wrath of the Almightie.
Job 31:23For Gods punishment was fearefull vnto me, and I could not be deliuered from his highnes.
Psalms 18:14Then hee sent out his arrowes and scattred them, and he increased lightnings and destroyed 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 →