Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me. New Living Translation For the Almighty has struck me down with his arrows. Their poison infects my spirit. God’s terrors are lined up against me. English Standard Version For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me. Berean Standard Bible For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me. King James Bible 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. New King James Version For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; My spirit drinks in their poison; The terrors of God are arrayed against me. New American Standard Bible “For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, My spirit drinks their poison; The terrors of God line up against me. NASB 1995 “For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, Their poison my spirit drinks; The terrors of God are arrayed against me. NASB 1977 “For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; Their poison my spirit drinks; The terrors of God are arrayed against me. Legacy Standard Bible For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, Their poison my spirit drinks; The horrors of God are arranged against me. Amplified Bible Because the arrows of the Almighty are within me, My spirit drinks their poison; The terrors of God are arrayed against me. Christian Standard Bible Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks their poison. God’s terrors are arrayed against me. Holman Christian Standard Bible Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks their poison. God’s terrors are arrayed against me. American Standard Version For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. Contemporary English Version The fearsome arrows of God All-Powerful have filled my soul with their poison. English Revised Version For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. GOD'S WORD® Translation because the arrows of the Almighty [have found their target] in me, and my spirit is drinking their poison. God's terrors line up in battle against me. Good News Translation Almighty God has shot me with arrows, and their poison spreads through my body. God has lined up his terrors against me. International Standard Version "The arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit absorbs their poison; God's terrors have been arranged just for me! Majority Standard Bible For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me. NET Bible For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God's sudden terrors are arrayed against me. New Heart English Bible For the arrows of Shaddai are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me. Webster's Bible Translation For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison of which drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God set themselves in array against me. World English Bible For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor arrows of the Mighty [are] with me, "" Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves [for] me! Young's Literal Translation For arrows of the Mighty are with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves for me! Smith's Literal Translation For the arrows of the Almighty are with me, which their anger drank up my spirit: the terrors of God will be prepared for me. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor the arrows of the Lord are in me, the rage whereof drinketh up my spirit, and the terrors of the Lord war against me. Catholic Public Domain Version For the arrows of the Lord are in me, my spirit drinks of their indignation, and the terrors of the Lord are soldiers against me. New American Bible For the arrows of the Almighty are in me, and my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me. New Revised Standard Version For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor the arrows of the Almighty are in my flesh, and their poison drinks up my spirit; the terrors of God have frightened me. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Because the bolts of The Almighty are in my flesh and their heat drinks up my spirit, and the terrors of God terrified me OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up; The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. Brenton Septuagint Translation For the arrows of the Lord are in my body, whose violence drinks up my blood: whenever I am going to speak, they pierce me. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Replies: My Complaint is Just…3For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas—no wonder my words have been rash. 4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me. 5Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?… Cross References Psalm 38:2 For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me. Lamentations 3:12-13 He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow. / He pierced my kidneys with His arrows. Psalm 7:13 He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire. Deuteronomy 32:23 I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them. Psalm 18:14 He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them. Psalm 21:12 For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them. Psalm 64:7 But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded. Psalm 88:15-16 From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair. / Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me. Jeremiah 9:8 Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him. Habakkuk 3:11 Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear. 2 Samuel 22:15 He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them. Isaiah 5:28 Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind. Isaiah 49:2 He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver. Ezekiel 5:16 When I shower you with the deadly arrows of famine and destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of food. Revelation 6:8 Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth. Treasury of Scripture For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinks up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. the arrows. Job 16:12-14 I 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… Deuteronomy 32:23,42 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them… Psalm 7:13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. drinketh up. Deuteronomy 32:24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. Psalm 143:7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. Proverbs 18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? the terrors. Job 9:17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. Job 30:15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. Job 31:23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. Jump to Previous Almighty Army Array Arrayed Arrows Deep Drinketh Drinks Fears God's Goes Marshaled Order Poison Present Ruler Spirit Terrors Themselves Whereof WithinJump to Next Almighty Army Array Arrayed Arrows Deep Drinketh Drinks Fears God's Goes Marshaled Order Poison Present Ruler Spirit Terrors Themselves Whereof WithinJob 6 1. Job shows that his complaints are not causeless.8. He wishes for death, wherein he is assured of comfort. 14. He reproves his friends of unkindness. For the arrows of the Almighty The imagery of "arrows" in ancient Near Eastern culture often symbolizes divine judgment or affliction. In Hebrew, the word for "arrows" (חִצֵּי, chitzim) can denote instruments of war or punishment. Job perceives his suffering as direct and intentional, akin to being struck by arrows from God Himself. This reflects the belief in God's sovereignty and His active role in the lives of individuals, a theme prevalent throughout the Old Testament. The "Almighty" (שַׁדַּי, Shaddai) emphasizes God's ultimate power and authority, underscoring Job's feeling of being overwhelmed by divine forces beyond his control. are within me my spirit drinks their poison the terrors of God are arrayed against me Do set themselves in array against me. --Like hosts marshalling themselves for battle. "If the ox or the ass will not low or bray so long as he is satisfied, so neither should I complain if I had no valid cause. My groaning is the evidence of a great burden, and consequently the disdainful way in which you treat it is insipid and distasteful to me--my soul refuseth to touch your proffered remedies; they are as loathsome meat to me." According to some, the words rendered "the white of an egg" mean the juice of purslain.Verse 4. - For the arrows of the Almighty are wlthin me (comp. Psalm 38:2, "For thine arrows stick fast in me"). So Shakespeare speaks of "the slings and arrows el outrageous fortune" for calamities generally. The metaphor is a very common one (see Deuteronomy 32:23, 42; Psalm 7:13; Psalm 21:12; Psalm 45:5; Lamentations 3:13, 14). The poison whereof. Poisoned arrows, such as are now employed by the savage tribes of Central Africa, were common in antiquity, though seldom used by civilized nations. Ovid declares that the Scythians of his time made use of them ('Tristia,' 1, 2). Drinketh up my spirit; rather, my spirit drinketh up. Job's spirit absorbs the poison that festers in his wounds, and therefore loses control over itself. This is his apology for his vehemence; he is well-nigh distraught. He adds, The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. Besides actual pains and sufferings, he is assailed by fears. God's terrors, i.e. all the other evils that he has at his disposal, are drawn up against him, as it were, in battle array, and still further agitate and distract his soul. What further troubles may not God bring upon him?Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction the arrows חִצֵּ֪י (ḥiṣ·ṣê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear of the Almighty שַׁדַּ֡י (šad·day) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 7706: The Almighty have pierced me; עִמָּדִ֗י (‘im·mā·ḏî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 5978: Against, by, from, me, mine, of, that I take, unto, my spirit רוּחִ֑י (rū·ḥî) Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit drinks in שֹׁתָ֣ה (šō·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 8354: To imbibe their poison; חֲ֭מָתָם (ḥă·mā·ṯām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 2534: Heat, anger, poison the terrors בִּעוּתֵ֖י (bi·‘ū·ṯê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1161: Terrors, alarms of God אֱל֣וֹהַּ (’ĕ·lō·w·ah) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 433: God -- a deity, the Deity are arrayed against me. יַֽעַרְכֽוּנִי׃ (ya·‘ar·ḵū·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | first person common singular Strong's 6186: To set in a, row, arrange, put in order Links Job 6:4 NIVJob 6:4 NLT Job 6:4 ESV Job 6:4 NASB Job 6:4 KJV Job 6:4 BibleApps.com Job 6:4 Biblia Paralela Job 6:4 Chinese Bible Job 6:4 French Bible Job 6:4 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty (Jb) |
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