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For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
19th Century
Anglican
The poison whereof drinketh up my spirit. —Rather, the poison of which my spirit imbibes, the rendering of the Authorised…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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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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…
13th Century
Catholic
Eliphaz had clearly noted three things in Job’s lament: despair, because Job seemed to desire non-existence; impatience or excessive sorrow, becaus…
