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Job 6 |
King James Version
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Job 6:1 But Job answered and said,
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Job 6:2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
This is what Job means, you show wisdom in the misfortunes of other people. Since you are far away from my misfortunes, you admonish me while you experience a peaceful life. This remark is an answer to the words that were said earlier, “You have instructed many.” “You have strengthened the feeble knees.” “But now misfortune has come to you, and you are impatient; it touches you, and you are dismayed.” Why does he say, “You are dismayed”? I wanted my affliction to become evident, so you would understand that nobody has ever suffered such tribulations. But I perceive my bad luck. He who should have provided me with forgiveness makes me absolutely unforgivable. My misfortune’s magnitude, he says, not only doesn’t intercede for me, not only makes me seem unworthy of mercy, but condemns me. What should have obtained mercy for me instead makes me hateful and condemnable, and I cannot gain any mercy, in spite of what I say. And the proof is that Eliphaz imputed Job’s misfortune to impiety. - "Commentary on Job 6.2a–3a"
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Job 6:3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
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Job 6:4 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.
Eliphaz believed that Job said all this out of desperation. Since Eliphaz’s first words to Job were trustworthy—words that insisted that Job suffered because of sin—Job responds, “It seems my words are valueless and lack faith.” Consequently, Job adds the reason why Eliphaz does not believe in him when he says, “For the arrows of the Almighty are in me,” thus making the following clear, “This is why my words are valueless. The Lord’s arrows are in my body.” For most people usually disregard words uttered by people in distress, those aggrieved by poverty, even if their words are understandable. This is expressed in the words, “The poor person speaks and they say, ‘Who is this fellow?’ ” - "Commentary on Job 6.3–4"
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Job 6:5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
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Job 6:6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there [any] taste in the white of an egg?
Sores and pus were not enough. A new affliction is added. Job’s disease has destroyed his entire sensitivity to the extent that even his nourishment has become a torture for him. Indeed, Job says, the nauseating smell of gangrene has deprived him of the capability to distinguish sensations. Is there anything more painful than that torment? Neither sleep gave him rest nor food nourished him. “As the smell of a lion,” Job says. That wild beast, in fact, gives a horrible stench. - "Commentary on Job 6.7b"
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Job 6:7 The things [that] my soul refused to touch [are] as my sorrowful meat.
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Job 6:8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!
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Job 6:9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
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Job 6:10 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.
“I do not care to oppose your words,” Job says. “It seems to me, in fact, that I have committed nothing resembling what you say. I don’t state this openly. I simply say that I am suffering punishments that go beyond what human nature can endure. The vastness of my temptations extends far beyond what human bodies can actually bear.” However, observe how, even in the midst of such grief, Job has not decided, in any case, to come and relate his good actions. He has hidden them so far. In addition, he who often with great honesty exposed his fault to public mockery before a brilliant audience is silent about his good actions, even while living in such misery. In fact, Job does not say, “I experienced these sufferings, even though I am righteous.” Rather, Job says he cannot bear them.… His language is not that of a man who asserts that he is unjustly punished but that of one who recognizes, on the contrary, the justness of his punishment. He simply cannot bear any more punishment and therefore demands that he obtain forgiveness. - "Commentary on Job 6.10a"
He who asks to be wounded does not pray out of exhaustion that his prayer might be granted but in order to fulfill his task. This task was to fulfill the right deeds or to make visible to the friends for their benefit the reason for the hardships, [namely,] that they had been imposed as a test. Then they would not make mistakes against the righteous. Instead, with divine zeal they would be committed to emulate the endurance and steadfastness that the holy one exhibited and that led him to say, “O that I might have my request,” rather than … “that God would grant my desire.” Job prays for two reasons. On the one hand, he prays that he himself may win the crown in the competition. On the other hand, Job prays that his friends may not consider his endurance in hardship as meaningless. His steadfastness even in such great hardships can be seen and admired in the fact that Job did not deny his friend an answer, even though preoccupation with his hardships could have served as an excuse. But even now Job speaks like a brave athlete who warlike meets his opponent, and with the consciousness that the imposed suffering did not occur without God’s compliance. “That it would please God to crush me,” yet “may he not extinguish me entirely,” instead of, “May God mercifully allow me to endure the affliction until the end.” Similar to this is the expression “and lead us not into temptation,” which often has been interpreted in this way: “May it not come so far that we fall prey to the temptations.” - "Commentary on Job 6.8–9"
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Job 6:11 What [is] my strength, that I should hope? and what [is] mine end, that I should prolong my life?
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Job 6:12 [Is] my strength the strength of stones? or [is] my flesh of brass?
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Job 6:13 [Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
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Job 6:14 To him that is afflicted pity [should be shewed] from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
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Job 6:15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, [and] as the stream of brooks they pass away;
Job means to say this there is no memory or trace left of my former prosperity. And that is even worse than my misfortune itself. “Oh, that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me and take up my sorrow in a balance together!” And Job now tries to describe his sorrows. “I perceive my food to be loathsome [as the smell of a lion].” I wish to die, but I do not die. I suffer so because I am a man and not a stone; I am an ephemeral human being, I do not enjoy the aid from above. Among my nearest relations, some pass me by without seeing me; others trample me underfoot. No trace of my former prosperity remains. - "Commentary on Job 6.16–18b"
The streams’ waters fall from heaven and are symbols of the prophecies and oracles announced to the Jewish people through the prophets, just as through mystic clouds, as if the prophets’ words were rains falling from heaven. - "Commentary on Job 6.15"
Even this happened to test Job. For the absence of friends in the midst of suffering is no small pain. Even the holy David sang as he experienced similar suffering, “Look on my right hand and see—there is no one who takes notice of me.” Consider whether Job desired to show here that even the invisible holy powers “passed away” above him, so that his virtue may appear to be even greater. This interpretation fits for the one that has been given the words “the providence of the Lord has looked after me.” For the Lord of all did not neglect Job out of hate but in order to show the adversary that his wickedness is useless against human virtue. Likewise, perhaps the divine powers do not protect Job and allow him to struggle so that the righteous behavior of the saint would become even more visible, for one must assume that they know God’s will. - "Commentary on Job 6.15"
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Job 6:16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, [and] wherein the snow is hid:
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Job 6:17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
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Job 6:18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
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Job 6:19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
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Job 6:20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
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Job 6:21 For now ye are nothing; ye see [my] casting down, and are afraid.
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Job 6:22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
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Job 6:23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
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Job 6:24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
However, even in such a condition, Job does not refuse to learn. “You may say something useful. I will be silent, if you speak helpful words.” But they could not, to be sure, present evidence, but simply proceeded through conjectures. And since Job’s life was manifestly full of virtue, they supposed that it was not the ground of his punishments. - "Commentary on Job 6.24a"
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Job 6:25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
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Job 6:26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, [which are] as wind?
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Job 6:27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig [a pit] for your friend.
“You would even attack the orphan,” that is, me, for I am deprived of any human assistance. And since God is “the Father of the orphans,” you make him angry by offending me. “And you would trample your friend underfoot” with your words. You trample him even more violently than with your feet, and you scorn the laws of friendship. But God takes these faults into account. He, who not only commands us to love our neighbor like ourselves, also wants to be called “love.” - "Homilies on Job 9.6.27"
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Job 6:28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for [it is] evident unto you if I lie.
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Job 6:29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness [is] in it.
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Job 6:30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
