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Texts -- Job 6:1-9 (NET)

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Job Replies to Eliphaz
6:1 Then Job responded : 6:2 “Oh , if only my grief could be weighed , and my misfortune laid on the scales too ! 6:3 But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea , that is why my words have been wild . 6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me ; my spirit drinks their poison ; God’s sudden terrors are arrayed against me.
Complaints Reflect Suffering
6:5 “Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass ? Or does the ox low near its fodder ? 6:6 Can food that is tasteless be eaten without salt ? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg ? 6:7 I have refused to touch such things; they are like loathsome food to me.
A Cry for Death
6:8 “Oh that my request would be realized , and that God would grant me what I long for! 6:9 And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me.

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  • What this book is all about has been the subject of considerable debate. Many people think God gave it to us to provide His answer to the age-old problem of suffering. In particular, many believe it is in the Bible to help us...
  • I. Prologue chs. 1-2A. Job's character 1:1-5B. Job's calamities 1:6-2:101. The first test 1:6-222. The second test 2:1-10C. Job's comforters 2:11-13II. The dialogue concerning the basis of the divine-human relationship 3:1-42...
  • The writer composed the prologue and epilogue of this book in prose narrative and the main body (3:1-42:6) in poetry. The prologue and epilogue form a frame around the main emphasis of the revelation, the poetic section, and ...
  • The two soliloquies of Job (chs. 3 and 29-31) enclose three cycles of dialogue between Job and his three friends. Each cycle consists of speeches by Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar in that order interspersed with Job's reply to e...
  • Job said he complained because of his great irritation. His calamities were as heavy as wet sand (vv. 2-3). The Hebrew word translated "iniquity"in verse 2 occurs only here in the Old Testament. We should probably translate i...
  • Job longed for death. He wished God would release him from his enslavement to life (cf. Ps. 105:20) and snip off his life as a weaver cuts thread (v. 9). He affirmed his faithfulness to God's words (v. 10) but acknowledged th...
  • "The rest of Job's speech is more like a soliloquy which turns into a remonstration against God Himself. His theme is once more the hard servicethat men have upon earth."47In this complaint (cf. ch. 3; 6:8-13) Job compared hi...
  • This whole chapter, another prayer (cf. 7:7-21), is a cry to God for answers: "Let me know why . . ."(v. 2). Notice the legal setting again, especially in verse 2. Job again claimed to be not guilty (v. 7)."It is a remarkable...
  • Elihu began by voicing his respect for Job's three friends (vv. 6-10). They were older than he, and for this reason he said he had refrained from speaking until now. However he had become convinced that advancing age does not...
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