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6:1 Then Job <0347> responded <06030>: 6:2 “Oh <03863>, if only my grief <03708> could be weighed <08254> <08254>, and my misfortune <01962> laid <05375> on the scales <03976> too <03162>! 6:3 But because <03588> it is heavier <03513> than the sand <02344> of <05921> the sea <03220>, that is why <03651> my words <01697> have been wild <03886>. 6:4 For <03588> the arrows <02671> of the Almighty <07706> are within me <05978>; my spirit <07307> drinks <08354> their poison <02534>; God’s <0433> sudden terrors <01161> are arrayed <06186> against me. 6:5 “Does the wild donkey <06501> bray <05101> when it is near <05921> grass <01877>? Or <0518> does the ox <07794> low <01600> near <05921> its fodder <01098>? 6:6 Can food that is tasteless <08602> be eaten <0398> without <01097> salt <04417>? Or <0518> is <03426> there any taste <02940> in the white <07388> of an egg <02495>? 6:7 I <05315> have refused <03985> to touch <05060> such things; they <01992> are like loathsome <01741> food <03899> to me. 6:8 “Oh <05414> <04310> that my request <07596> would be realized <0935>, and that God <0433> would grant <05414> me what I long <08615> for! 6:9 And that God <0433> would be willing <02974> to crush <01792> me, that he would let loose <05425> his hand <03027> and kill <01214> me. 6:10 Then I would yet <05750> have my comfort <05165>, then I would rejoice <05539>, in spite of pitiless <02550> <03808> pain <02427>, for <03588> I have not <03808> concealed <03582> the words <0561> of the Holy One <06918>. 6:11 What <04100> is my strength <03581>, that <03588> I should wait <03176>? and what <04100> is my end <07093>, that <03588> I should prolong <0748> my life <05315>? 6:12 Is my strength <03581> like that of stones <068>? or <0518> is my flesh <01320> made of bronze <05153>? 6:13 Is not <0369> my power to help <05833> myself nothing, and has not every resource <08454> been driven <05080> from <04480> me? 6:14 “To the one in despair <04523>, kindness <02617> should come from his friend <07453> even if he forsakes <05800> the fear <03374> of the Almighty <07706>. 6:15 My brothers <0251> have been as treacherous <0898> as <03644> a seasonal stream <05158>, and as the riverbeds <0650> of the intermittent streams <05158> that flow away <05674>. 6:16 They are dark <06937> because <04480> of ice <07140>; snow <07950> is piled up <05956> over <05921> them. 6:17 When <06256> they are scorched <02215>, they dry up <06789>, when it is hot <02527>, they vanish <01846> from their place <04725>. 6:18 Caravans <0734> <03943> turn aside from their routes <01870>; they go <05927> into the wasteland <08414> and perish <06>. 6:19 The caravans <0734> of Tema <08485> looked <05027> intently for these streams; the traveling merchants <01979> of Sheba <07614> hoped <06960> for them. 6:20 They were distressed <0954>, because <03588> each one had been so confident <0982>; they arrived <0935> there, but were disappointed <02659>. 6:21 For <03588> now <06258> you have become <01961> like these streams that are no <03808> help; you see <07200> a terror <02866>, and are afraid <03372>. 6:22 “Have I ever said <0559>, ‘Give <03051> me something, and from your fortune <03581> make gifts <07809> in <01157> my favor’? 6:23 Or ‘Deliver <04422> me from the enemy’s <06862> power <03027>, and from the hand <03027> of tyrants <06184> ransom <06299> me’? 6:24 “Teach <03384> me and I <0589>, for my part, will be silent <02790>; explain <0995> to me how <04100> I have been mistaken <07686>. 6:25 How <04100> painful <04834> are honest <03476> words <0561>! But what <04100> does your reproof <03198> prove <03198>? 6:26 Do you intend to criticize <03198> mere words <04405>, and treat <02803> the words <0561> of a despairing <02976> man as wind <07307>? 6:27 Yes <0637>, you would gamble <05307> for <05921> the fatherless <03490>, and auction <03738> off <05921> your friend <07453>. 6:28 “Now <06258> then, be good enough <02974> to look <06437> at <05921> me; and I will not <0518> lie <03576> to your face <06440>! 6:29 Relent <07725>, let there be <01961> no <0408> falsehood <05766>; reconsider <07725>, for my righteousness <06664> is intact <05750>!

• Job 6:1-4 -- Job Replies to Eliphaz
• Job 6:5-7 -- Complaints Reflect Suffering
• Job 6:8-13 -- A Cry for Death
• Job 6:14-21 -- Disappointing Friends
• Job 6:22-23 -- Friends' Fears
• Job 6:24-27 -- No Sin Discovered
• Job 6:28-30 -- Other Explanation

• Complaint

  [nave] COMPLAINT of Israelites against Moses, Ex. 5:21; 15:24; 16:2, 3; Num. 16:2, 3, 13, 14, 41; 20:2-4. Against God Ex. 5:22, 23; Ex. 16:8, 12; Num. 14:26-37 Num. 17:10, 11. Job 15:11-13; Job 33:12, 13; Job 34:37; Psa. 37:1; Ps...
  

• Afflictions and Adversities

  [nave] AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Benefits of; Benefits of, Illustrated; Consolation in; Deliverance from; Design of; Despondency in; Dispe...
  

• Job

  [nave] JOB 1. A man who dwelt in Uz, Job 1:1. Righteousness of, Job 1:1, 5, 8; 2:3; Ezek. 14:14, 20. Riches of, Job 1:3. Trial of, by affliction of Satan, Job 1:13-19; 2:7-10. Fortitude of, Job 1:20-22; 2:10; Jas. 5:11. Visite...
  

• JOB, BOOK OF

  [isbe] JOB, BOOK OF - || I. INTRODUCTORY 1. Place in the Canon 2. Rank and Readers II. THE LITERARY FRAMEWORK 1. Setting of Time, Place and Scene 2. Characters and Personality 3. Form and Style III. THE COURSE OF THE STORY A) To Jo...
  

• Tema

  [ebd] south; desert, one of the sons of Ishmael, and father of a tribe so called (Gen. 25:15; 1 Chr. 1:30; Job 6:19; Isa. 21:14; Jer. 25:23) which settled at a place to which he gave his name, some 250 miles south-east of Edom, on...
  [isbe] TEMA - te'-ma (tema', "south country"; Thaiman): The name of a son of Ishmael (Gen 25:15; 1 Ch 1:30), of the tribe descended from him (Jer 25:23), and of the place where they dwelt (Job 6:19; Isa 21:14). This last was a loca...
  [smith] (a desert), the ninth son of Ishmael, (Genesis 25:15; 1 Chronicles 1:30) whence the tribe called after him, mentioned in (Job 6:19; Jeremiah 25:23) and also the land occupied by this tribe. (Isaiah 21:13,14) (B.C. after 18...
  [nave] TEMA 1. Son of Ishmael, Gen. 25:15; 1 Chr. 1:30. 2. A people of Arabia, probably descendant from Tema, Ishmael's son, Job 6:19; Isa. 21:14; Jer. 25:23.
  

• Death

  [nave] DEATH. Called in some versions &ld;Giving Up the Ghost,&rd; Gen. 25:8; 35:29; Lam. 1:19; Acts 5:10. King of Terrors Job 18:14. A Change Job 14:14. Going to your Fathers Gen. 15:15; 25:8; 35:29. Putting Off This Tabe...
  

• Ice

  [ebd] frequently mentioned (Job 6:16; 38:29; Ps. 147:17, etc.). (See CRYSTAL.)
  [isbe] ICE - is (qerach): Ice is almost unknown in Palestine and Syria except on the highest mountains. At moderate heights of less than 4,000 ft. a little ice may form during the night in winter, but the warm rays of the sun melt ...
  [nave] ICE, Job 6:16; 38:29; Psa. 147:17; Prov. 25:13.
  

• EGG

  [ebd] (Heb. beytsah, "whiteness"). Eggs deserted (Isa. 10:14), of a bird (Deut. 22:6), an ostrich (Job 39:14), the cockatrice (Isa. 59:5). In Luke 11:12, an egg is contrasted with a scorpion, which is said to be very like an egg i...
  [isbe] EGG - (betsah; oon; Latin ovum): An oval or spheroid body produced by birds, fishes and reptiles, from which their young emerge when incubated or naturally developed. The fertile egg of a bird consists of the yolk, a small d...
  

• PALESTINE, 3

  [isbe] PALESTINE, 3 - IV. Palestine in the Poetic Books of the Old Testament. 1. Book of Job: In Job the scene is distinctively Edomite. Uz (Job 1:1; compare Gen 22:21 the English Revised Version; Jer 25:20; Lam 4:21) and Buz (Job ...
  

• COLOR; COLORS

  [isbe] COLOR; COLORS - kul'-er, kul'-erz: The word translated "color" in the King James Version is `ayin, which literally means "eye" or "appearance," and has been so translated in the Revised Version (British and American). In the...
  

• REPROOF; REPROVE

  [isbe] REPROOF; REPROVE - re-proof', re-proov': "Reprove" in Elizabethan English had a variety of meanings ("reject" "disprove" "convince," "rebuke"), with "put to the proof" (see 2 Tim 4:2 the Revised Version margin) as the force ...
  

• CARAVAN

  [isbe] CARAVAN - kar'-a-van, kar-a-van' ('orach): This word is not found in the King James Version, but the Revised Version (British and American) employs it three times, namely, in Job 6:18,19 ('orchoth), where the King James Vers...
  

• Snow

  [isbe] SNOW - sno (shelegh, telagh (Dan 7:9); chion): (1) Snow is not uncommon in the winter in Jerusalem, but it never reaches any depth and in many winters it is not seen at all. It usually disappears, for the most part, as soon ...
  [nave] SNOW In Palestine, 2 Sam. 23:20. In Uz, Job 6:16; 9:30; 37:6. On mount Lebanon, Jer. 18:14. Figurative Of purity, Psa. 51:7; Isa. 1:18; Lam. 4:7.
  

• Friendship

  [nave] FRIENDSHIP. Deut. 13:6-9; Job 6:14, 15; Job 16:2, 20; Job 19:13-22; Psa. 35:13, 14; Psa. 41:9; Psa. 55:12-14; Psa. 88:8, 18; Prov. 11:13; Prov. 17:9, 17; Prov. 18:24; Prov. 22:24-27; Prov. 25:17, 19; Prov. 27:6, 9, 10, 14, ...
  

• SALT

  [ebd] used to season food (Job 6:6), and mixed with the fodder of cattle (Isa. 30:24, "clean;" in marg. of R.V. "salted"). All meat-offerings were seasoned with salt (Lev. 2:13). To eat salt with one is to partake of his hospitali...
  [isbe] SALT - solt (melach; halas, hals): Common salt is considered by most authorities as an essential ingredient of our food. Most people intentionally season their cooking with more or less salt for the sake of palatability. Oth...
  

• SHEBA (1)

  [isbe] SHEBA (1) - she'-ba (shebha'; Saba): (1) Sheba and Dedan are the two sons of Raamah son of Cush (Gen 10:7). (2) Sheba and Dedan are the two sons of Jokshan the son of Abraham and Keturah (Gen 25:3). (3) Sheba is a son of Jok...
  

• RIGHT

  [isbe] RIGHT - rit (yashar, mishpaT; dikaios, euthus): Many Hebrew words are translated "right," with different shades of meaning. Of these the two noted are the most important: yashar, with the sense of being straight, direct, as ...
  

• SAND

  [isbe] SAND - (chol; ammos; a variant of the more usual psammos; compare amathos, psamathos): Sand is principally produced by the grinding action of waves. This is accompanied by chemical solution, with the result that the more sol...
  

• SABAEANS

  [isbe] SABAEANS - sa-be'-anz (shebha'im (Joel 3:8 the King James Version), cebha'-im; Sabaeim, Sebaeim (Isa 45:14); read cabha'im, but rendered as though from cabha', "to imbibe," hence, "drunkards"; oinomenoi, "wine-drunken" (Ezek...
  

• PATIENCE

  [isbe] PATIENCE - pa'-shens (hupomone, makrothumia): "Patience" implies suffering, enduring or waiting, as a determination of the will and not simply under necessity. As such it is an essential Christian virtue to the exercise of w...
  

• The Strength Is Fainting

  

• Who Were the Ishmaelites?
  They were descendants of Ishmael, Abraham's son, and were divided into twelve tribes (Gen. 25:16; Gen. 16:15,16). They were also called Hagarites, Hagarenes and Arabians (I Chron. 5:10; Psa. 83:6; Isa. 13:20). They were gover...

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