Job 6:4

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“For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.”

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BSBPD

“For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For arrows of the Mighty <FI>are<Fi> with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves <FI>for<Fi> me!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 6:4 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.
  2. Deuteronomy 32:42I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh— the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
  3. Job 7:20If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?
  4. Job 9:17For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
  5. Job 16:9His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
  6. Job 16:12I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
  7. Job 19:12His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
  8. Job 21:20Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
  9. Job 30:15Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
  10. Job 31:23For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
  11. Psalms 7:13He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
  12. Psalms 18:14He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
  13. Psalms 21:12For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
  14. Psalms 38:2For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
  15. Psalms 38:3There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
  16. Psalms 45:5Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.
  17. Psalms 88:15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
  18. Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
  19. Proverbs 14:10The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.
  20. Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?
  21. Lamentations 3:3Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.
  22. Lamentations 3:12He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
  23. Lamentations 3:13He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
  24. Mark 14:33He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.

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