Job 6:7
מֵאֲנָה לִנְגּוֹעַ נַפְשִׁי הֵמָּה כִּדְוֵי לַחְמִֽי ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
In Context
6הֲיֵאָכֵל תָּפֵל מִבְּלִי ־ מֶלַח אִם ־ יֶשׁ ־ טַעַם בְּרִיר חַלָּמֽוּת ׃
8מִֽי ־ יִתֵּן תָּבוֹא שֶֽׁאֱלָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי יִתֵּן אֱלֽוֹהַּ ׃
Cross References
1 Kings 17:12וַתֹּאמֶר חַי ־ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אִם ־ יֶשׁ ־ לִי מָעוֹג כִּי אִם ־ מְלֹא כַף ־ קֶמַח בַּכַּד וּמְעַט ־ שֶׁמֶן בַּצַּפָּחַת וְהִנְנִי מְקֹשֶׁשֶׁת שְׁנַיִם עֵצִים וּבָאתִי וַעֲשִׂיתִיהוּ לִי וְלִבְנִי וַאֲכַלְנֻהוּ וָמָֽתְנוּ ׃
Job 3:24כִּֽי ־ לִפְנֵי לַחְמִי אַנְחָתִי תָבֹא וַֽיִּתְּכוּ כַמַּיִם שַׁאֲגֹתָֽי ׃
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 →