Job 6:7
Job 6:7 Meaning and Explanation
“The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →What Job once would not even touch has now become his daily, sorrowful food.
What Does Job 6:7 Mean?
Carrying the food imagery forward, Job confesses a bitter reversal: things he formerly found loathsome, that his soul refused to touch, are now set before him as his very diet of sorrow.
Suffering can force upon us what we once could not imagine bearing. Job names this with raw honesty rather than denial. There is comfort in knowing the Lord meets people in exactly such places, where the unbearable has become the daily portion, and that He sustains those who must eat the bread of affliction for a season.
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What does Job 6:7 mean?
What Job once would not even touch has now become his daily, sorrowful food.