Job 6:1

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Then Job answered and said,

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Bvt Iob answered, and said,

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Then Job replied:

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Job's Reply to Eliphaz Job said:

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Iyov responded:

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And Job answered and said,

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THEN Job answered and said,

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And Job answered and said:

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Iob answered, and sayde:

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Then Job answered and said,

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And Job made answer and said,

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But Iob aunswered, and sayde:

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But Iob answered, and sayd,

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Then Job answered and said,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Joob answeride, and seide,

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Then Job spoke again:

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And Job answereth and saith: --

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Then Job answered,

Contextual Overview

¹Then Job answered and said,²"Oh, that my grief could actually be weighed And placed in the balances together with my tragedy [to see if my grief is the grief of a coward]! ³"For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; Therefore my words have been incoherent, ⁴Because the arrows of the Almighty are within me, My spirit drinks their poison; The terrors of God are arrayed against me. ⁵"Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder? ⁶"Can something that has no taste to it be eaten without salt? Or is there any flavor in the white of an egg? ⁷"My soul refuses to touch them; Such things are like loathsome food to me [sickening and repugnant].

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answered: Job 4:1

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them [granting them certain authority] and said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subjugate it [putting it under your power]; and rule over (dominate) the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and every living thing that moves upon the earth."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But Job answered and said. Though Eliphaz thought his speech was unanswerable, being, as he and his friends judged, unquestionably true, and the fruit of strict, laborious, and diligent search and inquiry; or, "then Job answered" t, as the same particle is rendered, Job 4:1; after he had heard Eliphaz out; he waited with patience until he had finished his discourse, without giving him any interruption, though there were many things that were very provoking, particularly in Job 4:5; and when he had done, then he made his reply; and this was no other than what every man has a right unto, to answer for himself when any charge or accusation is brought against him; when his character is attacked, or his good name, which is better the precious ointment, is taken from him; and is what all reasonable men, and the laws of all civilized nations, allow of.

t ויען "tunc respondit", Drusius.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER VI

Job answers, and vindicates himself; and shows that the great

affliction which he suffered was the cause of his complaining,

by which life was rendered burdensome to him, 1-13.

He complains that, whereas he expected consolation from his

friends, he had received nothing but the bitterest reproaches,

on the assumed ground that he must be a wicked man, else God

would not so grievously afflict him, 14-20.

He shows them that they knew nothing of his case, and that they

had no compassion, 21-23.

And then entreats them, if they can, to show him in what he has

offended, as he is ready to acknowledge and correct every

trespass, 24-30.

NOTES ON CHAP. VI