“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 t…”
Didymus the Blind, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 6:3-4
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3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
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1But Job answered and said,
2Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
— Job 6:3 —
4For 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.
5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?