Key Verse Spotlight
Job 6:7 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“The things {that} my soul refused to touch {are} as my sorrowful meat.”
Job 6:7
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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.
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant {me} the thing that I long for! {the thing...: Heb. my expectation}
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
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