Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me." — Job 6:4 (ASV)
The poison whereof drinketh up my spirit. —Rather, the poison of which my spirit imbibes, the rendering of the Authorised Version being ambiguous.
Do set themselves in array against me. —Like hosts marshalling themselves for battle.
“If the ox or the ass will not low or bray as long as he is satisfied, neither should I complain if I had no valid cause. My groaning is the evidence of a great burden, and consequently, the disdainful way in which you treat it is insipid and distasteful to me—my soul refuses to touch your offered remedies; they are like loathsome food to me.”
According to some, the words rendered “the white of an egg” mean the juice of purslain.