Job 6:4
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.
King James Version
In Context
3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:42I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
Job 9:17For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Job 16:12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
Job 21:20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Job 31:23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
Psalms 18:14Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out 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 →