Job 6 - Meaning, Themes & Application

" But Job answered and said, "

" Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! "

" For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. "

" 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 "

" Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? "

Job 6:5 highlights that animals don't complain when their needs are met, suggesting that Job's cries stem from genuine suffering. In life, this teaches us …

" Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg? "

" The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat. "

" Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! "

" Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! "

" Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. "

" What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? "

" Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? "

" Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite "

" To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. "

" My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; "

" Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: "

" What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. "

" The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. "

" The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited "

" They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. "

" For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. "

" Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? "

" Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? "

" Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. "

" How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? "

" Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? "

" Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. "

" Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie. "

" Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness "

" Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? "