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Job
Chapter
06
{Chapters
4-14: The First Debate}
{Chapters
4-7: Debate with Eliphaz}
{Job
Responds to Eliphaz's Speech in Chapters 4 and 5}
1~~Then Job replied/answered and said,
2-3~~"If
only my anguish could be weighed,
and
all of my calamity placed on the scales! 3~~
It
would out weigh the sand of the sea.
No wonder my words {dabar} have been impetuous.
4~~The
arrows of the Almighty are within me,
my
spirit drinks in their poison.
God's/'Elowahh's terrors are marshaled/'lined up' against me.
5~~Does a wild jackass bray when it has grass?
Does an ox bellow when it has fodder?
6-7~~
Can something tasteless be eaten without salt?
Or,
is there flavor in the white of an egg? 7~~
My
soul {nephesh} refuses to touch them
for
they make me ill.
{Note: Remember Job is so ill almost all food makes him ill.}
8-10~~Oh
that I might have my request . . .
that
God/'Elowahh would give me what I hope for! 9~~
That
God/'Elowahh would be willing to crush me . . .
to
let loose His hand, and cut me off! 10~~
That
I {Job} would still have this conciliation . . .
my
joy in unrelenting pain
{Job is stating what Paul later also says - he can keep his joy
regardless his circumstances}.
In
that {how Job can still remain happy}
I
have not denied the doctrines/
words/'doctrinal
communications' {dabar} of the Holy One.
11~~What
strength do I {Job} have, that I still have hope?
What
prospect, that I should be patient
{idiom: literally 'that I should prolong my soul/life'}?
12~~Do
I have the strength of the stones?
Or
is my flesh of bronze?
13~~Do
I have any power to help myself . . .
now
that success has been driven from me?
14~~A
despairing man should have the devotion of his friends . . .
{correct statement that points out how his friend Eliphaz has failed
HIM}.
even
though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
{Category
III Friends Disappear like water out of a brook}
15-17~~My
brothers 'are undependable'/'have dealt deceitfully'
as
intermittent steams {with no water in it} . . .
as
the stream that overflow 16~~
when
darkened by thawing ice,
swollen
with melted snow 17~~
but
cease to flow in the dry season
and
in heat, vanish from their channels.
18~~Caravans
turn aside from their routes
and
go up into the wasteland where they perish.
19~~The
caravans of Tema looked {for water},
the
traveling merchants of Sheba looked in hope.
{Note: These caravans were going to China for trade in circa 2000 BC.}
20~~They
{the caravans} were distressed
because
they had been confident.
They arrived there only to be disappointed {no water}.
21~~Now
you {Eliphaz} too have proved to be no help
You
see something dreadful and are afraid.
22~~Have
I ever said to you {Eliphaz}
give
me something . . on my behalf?
Or,
loan me some money from your great wealth?
23~~Or, Deliver me from the hand of the enemy?
Or, ransom me from the clutches of terrorism?
24~~Teach me, and I {Job} will be quiet.
Show me where I have been wrong?
{Note: Job is a mature believer. He understands that he is under undeserved suffering. He challenges the great theologian Eliphaz for him to show Job where he has sinned!}
25~~How painful are honest words {dabar}!
What do your arguments prove?
{Note: Means that Eliphaz's great doctrinal dissertation was correct. But how does it apply to Job's situation? Eliphaz's application of doctrine was all wrong!}
26~~
Do you mean to correct what I say(?) . . .
and
treat the words {dabar} of a despairing man as the wind?
27~~You
would even cast lots for the orphans/fatherless,
and
barter away your friend.
28~~But
now be so kind as to look on me;
would
I lie to your face?
29~~Relent,
please/'I pray you',
do
not be unjust.
Reconsider, for my integrity is at stake.
30~~Is there any wickedness on my lips?
Can my mouth not discern malice?
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