Key Verse Spotlight
Job 6:5 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? {when he...: Heb. at grass?}”
Job 6:5
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. {my words...: that is, I want words to express my grief}
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.
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? {when he...: Heb. at grass?}
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.
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