Job 6:4 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Job feels pierced by God's arrows, their poison draining his spirit, with God's terrors arrayed against him like an army.
What Does Job 6:4 Mean?
Job reaches for the language of war. He feels struck by poisoned arrows lodged in his body, and surrounded as if by ranks of soldiers in battle formation. To him the source of this assault is not chance but the hand of the Almighty.
His words reveal how isolating suffering can feel, as though even Heaven had turned hostile. Yet the very fact that Job aims his cry at God shows he has not let go of Him. Like the psalmists, he wrestles in the Lord's direction, and that wrestling is itself a kind of faith that refuses to walk away.
Job 6:4 in the Original Language
Shaddai (שַׁדַּי), 'Almighty' -- an ancient title for God stressing His overwhelming might.
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What does Job 6:4 mean?
Job feels pierced by God's arrows, their poison draining his spirit, with God's terrors arrayed against him like an army.