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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 6:5

Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? literally, over grass ; i.e. when he has grass under his feet, and has consequently no cause of complaint. Job means to say that his own complainings are as natural and instinctive as these of animals (On the species of wild asses known to Job, see the comment on Job 39:5 .) Or loweth the ox over his fodder? The lowing of the ox, like the braying of the wild ass, is a complaint—a sign of distress and discomfort. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 6:5-6

Satisfaction and discontent. Job proceeds to show the reasonableness of his grief, and with it the unreasonableness of his censor's accusations. Eliphaz had been wasting his eloquence on the assumption that Job's outburst of despairing grief was uncalled for; or, at all events, he had not appreciated the tremendous distress of which it was the result. He regarded the effect as preposterous, because he had not seen the greatness of the cause. I. THE SATISFIED ARE NOT DISCONTENTED... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 6:6

Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or, that which is insipid. Many critics suppose that in this and the following verse Job reproaches Eliphaz with the insipidity of his remarks, and declares that his soul refuses to touch such loathsome food. Others regard him as still speaking in his own defence, and justifying his expressions of disgust by the nauseous character of the food which had been put before him; i.e. of the treatment which he has received. Either explanation... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 6:7

The things that my soul refuse to touch are as my sorrowful meat ; rather, as in the Revised Version, my soul refuseth to touch them ; they are as loathsome meat to me. The doubt remains whether Job is speaking of the arguments of Eliphaz, or of the series of afflictions which have befallen him. Either explanation is possible. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 6:5

Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? - On the habits of the wild ass, see the notes at Job 11:12. The meaning of Job here is, that he did not complain without reason; and this he illustrates by the fact that the wild animal that had a plentiful supply of food would be gentle and calm, and that when its bray was heard it was proof that it was suffering. So Job says that there was a reason for his complaining. He was suffering; and perhaps he means that his complaint was just as natural,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 6:6

Can that which is unsavoury - Which is insipid, or without taste.Be eaten without salt - It is necessary to add salt in order to make it either palatable or wholesome. The literal truth of this no one can doubt, Insipid food cannot be relished, nor would it long sustain life. “The Orientals eat their bread often with mere salt, without any other addition except some dry and pounded summer-savory, which last is the common method at Aleppo.” Russell’s Natural History of Aleppo, p. 27. It should... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 6:7

The things that my soul refused to touch - That I refused to touch - the word “soul” here being used to denote himself. The idea here is, that those things which formerly were objects of loathing to him, had become his painful and distressing food. The idea may be either that he was reduced to the greatest pain and distress in partaking of his food, since he loathed that which he was obliged to eat (compare notes, Job 3:24), or more probably his calamity is described under the image of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 6:5

Job 6:5. Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? &c. “Grass and fodder here are a figure of abundance and tranquillity, such as the friends of Job enjoyed. To bray and low refer to expressions of grief and uneasiness. Job therefore compares his friends, with some smartness, to a wild ass exulting in its food, and to an ox perfectly satisfied with grateful pasture.” His words may be paraphrased thus: Even the brute beasts, when they have convenient food, are quiet and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 6:6

Job 6:6. Can that which is unsavoury Or rather, that which is insipid, be eaten without salt? Is it not requisite that every thing insipid should be seasoned, to give it a relish, and make it agreeable? Therefore life itself, when it has lost those comforts, which are the seasoning to it, and give it its relish, then becomes insipid, so that it is nothing more than a burden. Now, if men commonly complain of their meat when it is only unsavoury, how much more when it is so bitter as mine... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 6:7

Job 6:7. The things that my soul refused, &c. “Job, persisting in his allegory,” says Schultens, “goes on to show how disagreeable to his stomach the speech of Eliphaz had been.” This learned critic accordingly translates the verse thus: My soul refuseth to touch such things; they are to me as corrupted food. But Dr. Dodd, after quoting these words of Schultens, observes, he “cannot help thinking that this and the two preceding verses will bear another interpretation, and that Job... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 6:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 6:5-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 6:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 6:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 6:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 6:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 6:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 6:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 6:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 6:7

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