Job 6:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י חִצֵּ֪י שַׁדַּ֡י עִמָּדִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֣ר חֲ֭מָתָם שֹׁתָ֣ה רוּחִ֑י בִּעוּתֵ֖י אֱל֣וֹהַּ יַֽעַרְכֽוּנִי׃

Transliteration

kî ḥiṣṣê Šadday ʿimmādî ʾăšer ḥămātām šōtâ rûḥî biʿûtê ʾĕlôah yaʿarkûnî

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *ḥiṣṣê*: noun, masculine plural construct - arrows of
• *Šadday*: divine name - Almighty
• *ʿimmādî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - with me
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/whose
• *ḥămātām*: noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their poison/venom
• *šōtâ*: Qal participle, feminine singular - drinks
• *rûḥî*: noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my spirit
• *biʿûtê*: noun, masculine plural construct - terrors of
• *ʾĕlôah*: divine name - God
• *yaʿarkûnî*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - they array themselves against me

Word Meanings

• *ḥēṣ*: arrow
• *Šadday*: Almighty/All-sufficient One
• *ḥēmâ*: poison/venom/anger/wrath
• *šātâ*: to drink/swallow/consume
• *rûaḥ*: spirit/breath/wind
• *biʿûtîm*: terrors/alarms
• *ʿārak*: to arrange/set in order/array against

Referenced Verses

• Ps 38:2 : 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore{H8799)}.
• Job 30:15 : 15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
• Job 16:12-14 : 12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. 13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. 14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
• Ps 88:15-16 : 15 I am afflicted and ready to die{H8802)} from my youth up: while I suffer{H8804)} thy terrors I am distracted{H8799)}. 16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over{H8804)} me; thy terrors have cut me off{H8768)}.
• Ps 143:7 : 7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
• Prov 18:14 : 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
• Lam 3:12-13 : 12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. 13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
• Mark 14:33-34 : 33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; 34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
• Mark 15:34 : 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
• 2 Cor 5:11 : 11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
• Ps 45:5 : 5 Thine arrows are sharp{H8802)} in the heart of the king's enemies{H8802)}; whereby the people fall{H8799)} under thee.
• Job 21:20 : 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
• Deut 32:23-24 : 23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them. 24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
• Deut 32:42 : 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
• Job 9:17 : 17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
• Job 31:23 : 23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
• Ps 7:13 : 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
• Ps 18:14 : 14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
• Ps 21:12 : 12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.