Job 6:4

New International Reader's Version

The Mighty One has shot me with his arrows. I have to drink their poison. God’s terrors are aimed at me.

Cross References

Job 16:9

God is angry with me. He attacks me and tears me up. He grinds his teeth at me. He stares at me as if he were my enemy.

Job 19:12

His troops march toward me in force. They come at me from every direction. They camp around my tent.

Job 20:16

They will suck the poison of a serpent. The fangs of an adder will kill them.

Job 21:20

Let their own eyes see how they are destroyed. Let them drink the wine of the Mighty One’s anger.

Job 30:15

Terrors sweep over me. My honor is driven away as if by the wind. My safety vanishes like a cloud.

Job 31:23

I was afraid God would destroy me. His glory terrifies me. So I’d never do things like that.

Job 34:6

Even though I’m right, he thinks I’m a liar. Even though I’m not guilty, his arrows give me wounds that can’t be healed.’

Job 7:20

If I’ve really sinned, tell me what I’ve done to you. You see everything we do. Why do you shoot your arrows at me? Have I become a problem to you?

Job 9:17

He would send a storm to crush me. He’d increase my wounds without any reason.

Psalm 143:7

Lord, answer me quickly. I’m growing weak. Don’t turn your face away from me, or I will be like those who go down into the grave.

Psalm 18:14

He shot his arrows and scattered our enemies. He sent great flashes of lightning and chased the enemies away.

Psalm 21:12

You will make them turn their backs and run away when you aim your arrows at them.

Psalm 38:2

You have wounded me with your arrows. You have struck me with your hand.

Psalm 38:3

Because of your anger, my whole body is sick. Because of my sin, I’m not healthy.

Psalm 45:5

Shoot your sharp arrows into the hearts of your enemies. Let the nations come under your control.

Psalm 7:13

He has prepared his deadly weapons. He has made his flaming arrows ready.

Proverbs 14:10

Each heart knows its own sadness. And no one else can share its joy.

Proverbs 18:14

A cheerful spirit gives strength even during sickness. But you can’t keep going if you have a broken spirit.

Isaiah 28:19

As often as it comes, it will carry you away. Morning after morning, day and night, it will come to punish you.” If you understand this message, it will bring you absolute terror.

Lamentations 2:4

Like an enemy the Lord got his bow ready to use. He had a sword in his right hand. Like an enemy he destroyed everything that used to be pleasing to him. His anger blazed out like fire. It burned up the homes in the city of Zion.

Lamentations 3:3

He has turned his powerful hand against me. He has done it again and again, all day long.

Mark 15:34

At three o’clock in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” This means “My God, my God, why have you deserted me?” (Psalm 22:1)

2 Corinthians 5:11

We know what it means to have respect for the Lord. So we try to help other people to understand it. What we are is plain to God. I hope it is also plain to your way of thinking.

Deuteronomy 32:42

I will make my arrows drip with blood. My sword will destroy people. It will kill some. It will even kill prisoners. It will cut off the heads of enemy leaders.”

Ruth 1:20

“Don’t call me Naomi,” she told them. “Call me Mara. The Mighty One has made my life very bitter.