Job 6:4

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“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.”

— WEB

“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.”

— KJV

“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.”

— ASV

Bible Verses About Spiritual Warfare

Cross-references

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Psalms 38:2 "For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me."
Job 30:15 "Terrors have turned on me. They chase my honor as the wind. My welfare has passed away as a cloud."
Psalms 88:15-16 "I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted."
Proverbs 18:14 "A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?"
Job 16:12-14 "I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target."
Psalms 143:7 "Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit."
Mark 15:34 "At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is, being interpreted, “My God, my God, wh…"
Job 9:17 "For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause."

Commentary

arrows . . . within me--have pierced me. A poetic image representing the avenging Almighty armed with bow and arrows (Psa 38:2-3). Here the arrows are poisoned. Peculiarly appropriate, in reference to the burning pains which penetrated, like poison, into the inmost parts--("spirit"; as contrasted with mere surface flesh wounds) of Job's body. set themselves in array--a military image (Jdg 20:33). All the terrors which the divine wrath can muster are set in array against me (Isa 42:13).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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