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An Attack from God
Job uses intense military imagery—poisoned arrows and an army in battle formation—to describe his suffering. Commentators explain that Job feels his affliction is not random or human-caused, but a direct, overwhelming, and personal assault from the Almighty Himself. This perceived hostility from God is the source of his deepest anguish.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 6:4
18th Century
Theologian
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me – That is, it is not a light affliction that I endure. I am wounded in a manner which …
Charles Ellicott
On Job 6:4
19th Century
Bishop
The poison whereof drinketh up my spirit. —Rather, the poison of which my spirit imbibes, the rendering of the Authorised…
John Gill
On Job 6:4
17th Century
Pastor
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me
Which are a reason proving the weight and heaviness of his affliction, …
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Matthew Henry
On Job 6:1–7
17th Century
Minister
Job still justifies himself in his complaints. In addition to outward troubles, the inner sense of God's wrath took away all his courage and resolu…