BIBLE TEXTS IN AUTHORIZED VERSION
BROWSE | REFERENCE LOOKUP: JOB 6
Job | Chapter | -- select chapter -- Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Sermons
Job, Book of - A great diversity of opinion exists as to the authorship of this book. From internal evidence, such as the similarity of sentiment and language to those in the Psalms and Proverbs (see Ps. 88 and 89), the prevalence of the idea of "wisdom," and the style and character of the composition, it is supposed by some to have been written in the time of David and Solomon. Others argue that it was written by Job himself, or by Elihu, or Isaiah, or perhaps more probably...
30 Reference(s) Found.
Job 6:1 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] But Job answered and said,
Job 6:2 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
Job 6:3 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
Job 6:4 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Job 6:5 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Job 6:6 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Job 6:7 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
Job 6:8 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
Job 6:9 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Job 6:10 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
Job 6:11 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
Job 6:12 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
Job 6:13 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
Job 6:14 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
Job 6:15 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
Job 6:16 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
Job 6:17 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
Job 6:18 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
Job 6:19 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
Job 6:20 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
Job 6:21 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
Job 6:22 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
Job 6:23 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
Job 6:24 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Job 6:25 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
Job 6:26 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
Job 6:27 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
Job 6:28 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
Job 6:29 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
Job 6:30 [ Sermons | M. Henry | Concise | Geneva | Wesley | John Gill ] Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?