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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 6:1-7

Eliphaz, in the beginning of his discourse, had been very sharp upon Job, and yet it does not appear that Job gave him any interruption, but heard him patiently till he had said all he had to say. Those that would make an impartial judgment of a discourse must hear it out, and take it entire. But, when he had concluded, he makes his reply, in which he speaks very feelingly. I. He represents his calamity, in general, as much heavier than either he had expressed it or they had apprehended it,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 6:1

But Job answered and said. Though Eliphaz thought his speech was unanswerable, being, as he and his friends judged, unquestionably true, and the fruit of strict, laborious, and diligent search and inquiry; or, "then Job answered" F20 ויען "tunc respondit", Drusius. , as the same particle is rendered, Job 4:1 ; after he had heard Eliphaz out; he waited with patience until he had finished his discourse, without giving him any interruption, though there were many things that were very... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 6:2

Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed ,.... Or, "in weighing weighed" F21 שקול ישקל "librando, libraretur", Cocceius, Schultens. , most nicely and exactly weighed; that is, his grievous affliction, which caused so much grief of heart, and which had been shown in words and gestures; or his "wrath" and "anger" F23 כעשי "ira mea", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius, Schmidt, &c.; so the Targum and Sept. , as others render it: not his anger against Eliphaz, as Sephorno, but as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 6:3

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea ,.... Or "seas" F26 ימים "marium", Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus, Piscator, Michaelis, Schultens. ; 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 of water; and much more especially how heavy must all the sand of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 6:4

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me ,.... Which are a reason proving the weight and heaviness of his affliction, and also of his hot and passionate expressions he broke out into; which designs not so much outward calamities, as famine, pestilence, thunder and lightning, which are called the arrows of God, Deuteronomy 32:23 ; all which had attended Job, and were his case; being reduced to extreme poverty, had malignant and pestilential ulcers upon him, and his sheep destroyed by... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 6:2

O that my grief were thoroughly weighed - Job wished to be dealt with according to justice; as he was willing that his sins, if they could be proved, should be weighed against his sufferings; and if this could not be done, he wished that his sufferings and his complainings might be weighed together; and it would then be seen that, bitter as his complaint had been, it was little when compared with the distress which occasioned it. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 6:3

Heavier than the sand of the sea - This includes two ideas: their number was too great to be counted; their weight was too great to be estimated. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 6:4

The arrows of the Almighty - There is an evident reference here to wounds inflicted by poisoned arrows; and to the burning fever occasioned by such wounds, producing such an intense parching thirst as to dry up all the moisture in the system, stop all the salivary ducts, thicken and inflame the blood, induce putrescency, and terminate in raging mania, producing the most terrifying images, from which the patient is relieved only by death. This is strongly expressed in the fine figure: The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 6:1-2

But Job answered and said, Oh that my grief were throughly weighed! rather, my anger , or my vexation —the same word as that used by Eliphaz when reproaching Job, in Job 5:2 . Job wishes that, before men blame him, they would calmly weigh the force of his feelings and expressions against the weight of the calamity which oppresses him. His words may seem too strong and too violent; but are they more than a just counterpoise to the extreme character of his afflictions? The weighing... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 6:1-13

Job to Eliphaz: 1. Apologies and prayers. I. A DESPERATE MAN 'S DEFENCE . 1. Job ' s calamities surveyed. 2 . Job ' s grief justified. II. A MISERABLE MAN 'S PRAYER . 1 . Job ' s urgent request. "Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!" (verse 8)—that thing being death (cf. Job 3:21 ). Job longed for death as a release from his sufferings ( Job 3:13 ); Elijah, under a sense of weariness and... read more

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