Job 6 18 meaning

The word used here, (קדמנים qadmônı̂ym), is used to denote the people or the regions of the East; in Ezekiel 47:8 , Ezekiel 47:18 ; Zechariah 14:8 . friend. · Like the reed, hypocrites grow up quickly. If anyone denounces their friends for reward, the eyes of their children will fail. Job, amidst all his prosperity, knew he should die, death and the grave being appointed for all men; and he often thought of it, and of the manner of it; but he concluded that death was as yet some distance from him, as appears from the following clause; and that, when the time was come, he should John 6:18. Job 18:21. Job 18:6 in Other Translations. See full list on enduringword. Who else will put up security for me? You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph. ESV The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the waste and perish. Job 6:6. . Job 6:18. INTRODUCTION TO JOB 6. 1 Then Job replied: 2 “If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales! 3 It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been impetuous. In this chapter Job goes on to defend himself in an address to God; as that he had reason to complain of his extraordinary afflictions, and wish for death; by observing the common case of mankind, which he illustrates by that of an hireling, Job 7:1; and justifies his eager desire of death by the servant and hireling; the There is a state of internal excitement, when reticence becomes impossible. He [is] swift as the waters. Those who have grace in them, who have the evidence of it, and have it in exercise, have wisdom in them, which will be their help in the worst of times. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; My spirit drinks in their poison; The terrors of God are Job 6. 1. What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. NIV Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? CHAPTER 6. Bitterly Job says that if God is going to help him, he should do it quickly, otherwise Job will soon be dead. 16 My face is red with weeping, dark shadows ring my eyes; 17 yet my hands have been free of violence. 3 Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight? 4 You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place? 5 "Indeed, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does Job 18:6. Broughton renders it as a petition, "let thine eyes be upon me, that I be no more"; that is, let me die, the same request he made in Job 6:8; but it seems best to interpret it or the eyes of God's omnipresence and providence, which are on men in every state and place; and the sense be, either as granting, that though the eyes of men should not Job 6:2. Job 18:9. ” (Smick) c. Job 6:15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a [seasonal…] brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; Job 6-9 Listen. Job 18:4. FIRST SERIES CONTINUED. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty[ a] are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me. NIV A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. 21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him whodoes not Hence, the phrase קדם בני benēy qedem - "sons of the East" - meaning the persons who dwelt east of Palestine; Job 1:3; Isaiah 11:14; Genesis 25:6; Genesis 29:1. Job: I've been hit by one of God's arrows! (Job 6) 1 But Job answered and said, 2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. Shall words of wind have an end: Job just wanted his friends to stop their windy speeches, full of condemnation. Job 6:1-30 . Job 6:6 Meaning and Commentary. 1 Then Job spoke again: 2 “If my misery could be weighed. Job 10:15 Or and aware of; Job 11:12 Or wild donkey can be born tame; Job 12:6 Or those whose god is in their own hand; Job 12:18 Or shackles of kings / and ties a belt 6:14-30 In his prosperity Job formed great expectations from his friends, but now was disappointed. This knowledge should lead us to humility, reverence, and awe in our relationship with our Creator. NIV Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go off into the wasteland and perish. ESV "He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty. throughly weighed --Oh, that instead of censuring my complaints when thou oughtest rather to have sympathized with me, thou wouldst accurately compare my sorrow, and my misfortunes; these latter "outweigh in the balance" the former. 4 “For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, My spirit drinks their poison; The terrors of God line up against me. NLT The underworld is naked in God’s presence. 6 The light in their tent will grow dark. Cross references. The Majesty of God in Nature (Verses 1-5) Job 6:3. and buried my brow in the dust. Job 6:8. 6 The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out. CSB Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. In addition to outward troubles, the inward sense of God's wrath took away all his courage and resolution. Job 24:18. Unreliable and unhelpful like a wadi. Commentary on Job 6:1-7. In this chapter, Bildad emphasizes the fate of the wicked, in a clear attempt to imply Job’s calamities were due to his own wickedness. ESV While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, "Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother 's house, NIV While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, "Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house, NASB While he was still Job’s transgressions were all numbered; not one was passed by. 2. Though Bildad thought the application of it to Job was easy, yet it was not safe nor just. This and the following chapter contain Job's answer to the speech of Eliphaz in the two foregoing; he first excuses his impatience by the greatness of his afflictions, which, if weighed by good and impartial hands, would be found to be heavier than the sand of the sea, and which words were wanting to express, Job 6:1-3; and the reason why they were so heavy is given Job. Then I said, I shall die in my nest. Surely mockers surround me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility. ESV What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient? NIV "What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient? NASB What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should endure? CSB What strength do I have, that I should continue to hope? Job 1:18. He is unable to bear up under his burden, Job 6:11 ,12. ] Or "my defence" F25, as some; is it not in my power to defend myself against the calumnies and reproaches cast upon me? it is; and, though one have no help in myself to bear my burdens, or extricate myself out of my difficulties, yet I have the testimony of a good conscience within me, that supports me; and I Job 6:18. 19 He has neither son nor posterity among his people, Nor any remaining in his dwellings. ESV Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow? NIV Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow ? NASB Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the juice of an alkanet plant? The light in his tent is darkened, And his lamp goes out above him. It is a call to all of us that even when life's trials seem insurmountable, holding onto our faith in God can give us the strength to endure. Or that it "might come" {m}; that it might go up to heaven, enter there, and come into the ears of the Lord, be attended to, admitted, and received by him, see ( Psalms 18:6 ) ; or come to Job, be returned into his bosom, be answered and fulfilled; the same with the desire that "cometh", which is, when Job 18:15. The paths of their way are turned aside That is, the waters, when melted by the heat of the sun, and the warmth of the weather, run, some one way, and some another in little streams and windings, till they are quite lost and the tracks of them are no more to be seen; denoting that all appearance of friendship was quite gone, and no traces of it to be found: 8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on its mesh. PREVIOUS Job 24:17 NEXT Job 24:19. Nov 7, 2021 · Job 6 Summary of Verses 15-21. “Job, with purpose, chose a word ( amal) Eliphaz used to suggest Job had conceived his own misery (‘trouble,’ Job 15:35 ); and he threw it back at him in the epithet ‘miserable comforters’ ( Job 16:2 ). Job 6:24-25. 6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle Job 18:13. ] As any sort of pulse, peas, beans, lentiles which have no savoury and agreeable taste unless salted, and so many other things; and are disagreeable to men, and not relished by them, and more especially things bitter and unpleasant; and therefore Job Job 17 is a heart-wrenching depiction of a man dealing with immense suffering. In reply Job acknowledges that God is the one who has sent this affliction, but he points out that if Eliphaz knew how great this suffering was he would understand why Job spoke rashly (6:1-4). 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed Job 6:26. I. God’s terrors are lined up against me. 2 "How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak. 3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? 4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? 5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. And laid in the balances together with my disaster! 3 “For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; For that reason my words have been rash. Spurgeon used Bildad’s illustration of papyrus reed in Job 8:11-18 as a description of the hypocrite. Job 6:29 Or my righteousness still stands; Job 7:20 A few manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition and Septuagint; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text I have become a burden to myself. Even in the face of death, Job hopes in God's ultimate justice Job’s reply to Eliphaz (6:1-7:21) Eliphaz had rebuked Job for his impatient outburst. Job 6:14. Job 29:18. and my calamity laid in the balances together! that is, his affliction, which had a being, as the word signifies, as Aben Ezra observes, was not through the prepossessions of fear as before, nor merely in fancy as in many, or as exaggerated, and made greater than it is, which is often the case; but what was real and true, and matter of Job 6:4. - What is the meaning of Job 18:6? 12 For an empty-headed man will be wise, When a wild donkey's colt is born a man. These bags were indifferently sewed or sealed, the two words in the text. Bildad describes the miserable condition of a wicked man; in which there is much certain truth, if we consider that a sinful condition is a sad condition, and that sin will be men's ruin, if they do not repent. To him that is afflicted pity [should be showed] from his. For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; Job 6:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain. This leads Job to an angry outburst addressed to God. Also, his possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys 18 Even the little boys scorn me; when I appear, they ridicule me. Job 6:13. ) he had given him encouragement to hope that all should yet be well with him. CSB Caravans turn away from their routes, go up into the desert, and perish. The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the waste and perish. As before described; as that the light should be dark in them; a wicked man's confidence should be rooted out of them; everything shocking and dreadful should dwell in them; brimstone should be scattered on them, they should be utterly consumed, and none remaining in them, ( Job 18:6 Job 18:14 Job 18:15 Job 18:19 ) . There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil. (5-10) The ruin of the wicked. 6 Then Job answered and said: 2 “Oh, that my grief were fully weighed, And my calamity laid with it on the scales! 3 For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea—. (1-4) Ruin attends the wicked. In his first discourse ( ch. Job’s answer: he wisheth his troubles were duly weighed, for then would his complaints appear just, Job 6:1-7: prayeth for death; his hope in it, Job 6:8-10. 18 “Earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never be laid to rest! 19 Even now my witness is in heaven; Job. 1 Then Job replied: 2 “If only my grief could be weighed . For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea. NASB 'For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend; So that he does not abandon the fear of the Almighty. CSB A high wind arose, and the sea began to churn. ESV The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing. 4 For the Almighty has struck me down with his arrows. He preserveth not the life of the wicked He makes a difference between wicked and righteous men, which shows him to be a holy and righteous God; though he preserves the life of all men so long as they live, yet not in the same way; he preserves the lives of wicked men in the common course of his providence, but not in a special way and manner, as he does the lives of the righteous Job 8:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain. , dry stream bed(s), except in the rainy season; Job 6:15 I. It is a denunciation of woe to the whole house of the ungodly man, not to himself only. Job 18 is the eighteenth chapter of the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. 18 And you would be secure, because there is hope; Yes, you would dig around you, and take your rest in safety. no wonder my words have been impetuous. Job. It will then be too late for God to do anything (6-10). a particular piece of…. Though you were dark, you would be like the morning. It shall dwell in his tabernacle. 3. e. ” (Clarke) 3. My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook Meaning his three friends, represented by Eliphaz, who were of the same sentiments with him, and behaved towards Job as he did: these were his brethren not by birth by blood nor by country, but by the profession of the same religion of the one true and living God in opposition to the idolatrous people among whom they dwelt; and this their Job. and my troubles be put on the scales, 3 they would outweigh all the sands of the sea. , dry stream bed(s), except in the rainy season; Job 6:16 Lit hides itself; Job 6:18 Or caravans turn from their course, they go up into the waste and Job: My Complaint Is Just. 15 “I have sewed sackcloth over my skin. Therefore my words have been rash. 19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. 21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of 6 Then Job spoke again: 2 “If my misery could be weighed. 18:5-10 Bildad describes the miserable condition of a wicked man; in which there is much certain truth, if we consider that a sinful condition is a sad condition, and that sin will be men's ruin, if they do not repent. Elihu's words remind us that our human understanding is limited compared to the infinite wisdom and power of God. The Septuagint renders it "wound" - τρωσάτω trōsatō. [1] [2] The book is anonymous; most scholars believe it was written around 6th century BCE. Job 8:19 Or Surely all the joy it has / is that; Job 9:9 Or of Leo; Job 9:19 See Septuagint; Hebrew me. Benson Commentary. Job 10:15 Or and aware of; Job 11:12 Or wild donkey can be born tame; Job 12:6 Or those whose god is in their own hand; Job 12:18 Or shackles of kings / and ties a belt Job 6:17-18. 17 And your life would be brighter than noonday. Amidst his agony, he maintains his integrity and hope. 6 Then Job answered and said: 2 “Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances! 3 For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash. the sand -- ( Proverbs 27:3 ). Job expresses his despair, offers an invitation to be weighed in honest scales, and criticizes his friends for their lack of compassion. —Baffled in the direction of his fellow-creatures, he turns, like many others, to God as his only hope, although it is Here the sense is, that Job wished that God would crush him, so as to take his life. and all my calamity laid in the balances! 3 For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash. Job 5. Teach me — Instead of censuring and reproaching, instruct and convince me by solid arguments; and I will hold my tongue — I will patiently hear and gladly receive your counsels; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred — Show me my mistakes and miscarriages; for I am ready to receive your reproofs Job 24:18. That is why I spoke impulsively. ESV Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass, or the ox low over his fodder? NIV Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder? NASB Does the wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his feed? Job 36:6. and placed with my calamity on the scales. What does Job 6:18 mean? Read commentary on this popular Bible verse and understand the real meaning behind God's Word using John Gill's Exposition of the Bible. Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed 18 [ d]He is driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world. ESV Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. 6 But Job answered and said, 2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. What then did the Saviour endure in the garden and on the cross A. This he compares to the failing of brooks in summer. Or "seas" F26; all sand is heavy in its own nature, ( Proverbs 27:3 ) ; especially the sand of the sea, that which is immediately taken out of it; for that on the shore is lighter, being dried by the winds and heat of the sun, but the other is heavier, through the additional weight Job 26:6. And seven sons and three daughters were born to him. Job 37 is a captivating reflection on God's omnipotence, majesty, and inscrutability. the Lord is sometimes compared to a man of war in arms, stirring up his wrath and jealousy, ( Exodus 15:3 ) ( Isaiah 42:13 ) ; and in this light he was viewed by Job, and so he apprehended him, as coming forth against him, and which was terrible; and his terrors were like an army of soldiers set in battle array, in rank and file, ready Job 6:14. JOB definition: 1. 20 Those [ e]in the west are astonished at his day, As those [ f]in the east are frightened. An animal cries out only with good reason (for example, if it is Job 38:18. which the Targum interprets of the angel of death, him which has the power of death: but rather it signifies not what presides over death, but what death first produces, which are corruption and rottenness, dust and worms; these are the firstborn of death, or the firstfruits and effects of it, and which devour and destroy not the Job 6:11. [Is] my help in me? &c. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof Job 6:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed Job 6:6. But here there is not a word of that; he has grown more peevish, and is so far from being convinced by Job's reasonings that he is but more exasperated. The caravans turn aside to be refreshed, but there is nothing to drink, so they die. " That he would let loose his hand - Job here represents the hand of God as bound or confined. 20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted. Sep 15, 2017 · Job 6:18 Translation & Meaning. In this chapter Bildad makes a second assault upon Job. 19 Behold, my interior is like wine which is not opened, Like new bottles it is ready to burst. Job 6:5. Job 6:15. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. [3] [4] This chapter records the speech of Bildad the Shuhite (one of Job 's friends), which belongs to the Dialogue section of the ii. The light shall be dark in his tabernacle. What shall dwell in it is not said; there are various conjectures about it, and different supplements are made; the Targum is, ``his wife shall dwell in a tabernacle not his;''. To him that is afflicted — Hebrew, To him that is melted, or dissolved with afflictions: or, as Dr. Let us rather say with David, O spare me a little. In Job chapter 6, Job responds to his friend Eliphaz's counsel, offering a poignant account of his suffering and defending the justice of his complaints. · Like the reed, hypocrites are easily bent. Do ye imagine to reprove words. Job asks why God must treat him with such severity, as if he were a wild monster (11-12). REPLY OF JOB TO ELIPHAZ. Job 6:6 Heb hallamuth, meaning uncertain; Job 6:10 Lit hidden; Job 6:11 Lit prolong my soul; Job 6:14 Or reverence for; Job 6:15 I. 6 Then Job answered: 2 “O that my vexation were weighed. ] As any sort of pulse, peas, beans, lentiles which have no savoury and agreeable taste unless salted, and so many other things; and are disagreeable to men, and not relished by them, and more especially things bitter and unpleasant; and therefore Job intimates, it need not seem Chapter 18. 6 Their house goes dark - every lamp in the place goes out. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary. 11 Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels. NASB The paths of their course wind along, They go up into wasteland and perish. The Chaldee renders it, "Let God, who has begun to make me poor, loose his hand and make me rich. An "afflicted" man is an object of pity, one that is afflicted of God; either inwardly with a wounded spirit, with a sense of God's displeasure, with divine desertions, with the arrows of the Almighty sticking in him, the poison thereof drinking up his spirits; or Job. · Like the reed, hypocrites can lower their head in false humility. 18. Their poison infects my spirit. ( Job 6:1-7) Job explains his rash words. ESV You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place? NIV You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, is the earth to be abandoned for your sake? Or must the rocks be moved from their place? NASB You who tear yourself in your anger— Should the earth be abandoned for Job’s Second Speech: A Response to Eliphaz. Or with words; with bare words, without any force of reasoning and argument in them? put a parcel of words together without any sense or meaning, or however without any cogency in them, and think to run me down with them? or is your scheme and device only, and which you pursue, to catch at and lay hold My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me. (Read Job 6:1-7) Job still justifies himself in his complaints. 1 Then Job answered and said: 2 "Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances! 3 For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash. And he concluded that Job shut out the providence of God from the management of human affairs, because he would not Reply of Job to Eliphaz. (11-21) Verses 1-4 Bildad had before given Job good advice and encouragement; here he used nothing but rebukes, and declared his ruin. Waterland renders it, To one that is wasting away; pity should be showed from his friend — His friend, such as thou, O Eliphaz, pretendest to be to me, should show kindness and compassion in his judgment of him, and behaviour toward him, and not pass such unmerciful censures upon Job 18:6 Context. and all my misery be placed on the scales! 3 It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas—. Job 18 introduces us to the second speech given by Bildad the Shuhite, one of Job's three friends who came to comfort him in his suffering. and my prayer is pure. ESV Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth? Declare, if you know all this. 18 For I am full of words, The spirit of my inner nature constraineth me. · Like the reed, hypocrites are hollow and without substance. They were sealed up; so that none of them could be lost. Those who rest their expectations on the creature, will find it fail when it should help them; whereas those who make God their confidence, have help in the time of need, Heb 4:16. (18-22) Job considers the limitless power of God – and despairs. But instead, Job’s friends have come and appeared to be a help at first – but have revealed themselves to be unreliable and unhelpful – verse 15…. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of 6 The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out. 8. King James Version. Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just. Bildad reproves Job. 4 The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me. CSB A despairing man should receive loyalty Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just. 6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. 19 All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me. He vindicateth himself against his friends, and reproveth them, Job 6:13-30. Job 8:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain. Job grounds his comfort upon the testimony of his conscience, that he had been, in some degree, serviceable to the glory of God. com Bitterly Job says that if God is going to help him, he should do it quickly, otherwise Job will soon be dead. Job 6:8 Commentaries: "Oh that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my longing! Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! (8) Oh that I might have my request. “Give me, O God, the pledge you demand. Job 32:18. Learn more. Job laments his affliction. JOB meaning: 1. 12 His strength is famished, Commentary on Job 18:5-10. 10 A rope is hidden for him in the ground, Job 6:18 Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish. 3 For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been rash. (1-5) The earthly stage. NLT Soon a gale swept down upon them, and the sea grew very rough. [ b] 21 “Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me. NASB Sheol is naked before Him, And Abaddon has no covering. and to the same purpose Jarchi; as if it was one part of the punishment of a wicked man, that he should leave a widow Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just. without a job: 3. 8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on its mesh. This is not, as Rosenmuller asserts, a mere repetition of the thought contained in the preceding verse with a change of terms, and a variation of metaphor. NIV "Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty. 10 A rope is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the path. either robbers literally taken, such as the Sabeans and Chaldeans, to whom Bildad may have reference, who prevailed against Job, and plundered him of his substance; and such as these, as the word signifies, are "thirsty ones" {p}, who thirst after the wealth and riches of men, and after their blood for the sake thereof, bloodthirsty Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just. What time they wax warm — When the weather grows milder, and the frost and snow are dissolved; they vanish — נצמתו, nitsmathu, ex cisi sunt, they are cut off, having no fountain from whence to draw a supply. 20 I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth. Job chapter 18. Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? &c. No text from Poole on this verse. NASB In addition, the sea began getting rough, because a strong wind was blowing. Then Job answered and said: “Oh, that my grief were fully weighed, And my calamity laid with it on the scales! For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; Therefore my words have been rash. The lamp hanging above them will be quenched. The feeling sense of the wrath of God is harder to bear than any outward afflictions. Or "upon the face of the waters" F25; which some interpret of another set and sort of wicked men, guilty of like crimes, not on land, but upon the mighty waters; pirates, such that commit robberies upon the high seas; who generally choose the swiftest vessels INTRODUCTION TO JOB 7. 1 Then Job responded, 2 “Oh if only my grief were actually weighed. 6 Then Job replied: 2 “If only my anguish could be weighed. Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go off into the wasteland and perish. the regular work that a person does to earn money: 2. NIV The realm of the dead is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered. The intensity of the discourse showcases a deep misunderstanding of Job 18. Job 7 Job 6:14. And that I might have my request. 7 His strong steps are shortened, and his own schemes throw him down. 9 A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare lays hold of him. Job 6:6: Job 33:20; Ps 107:18; Job 6:6 in all English translations. nv ew hc jb dl hi qp br oz hd