Passage Research
Job 6 — Sermon Preparation
Job responds to Eliphaz, declaring his grief heavier than the sand of the sea and accusing his friends of proving as treacherous as a dried-up wadi. Below is a research summary for Job 6, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 30
- verses
- 220 / 156
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Job 6 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּחַ | kôach | H3581 | 4 | vigor, large lizard |
| אֵמֶר | ʼêmer | H561 | 3 | something said |
| יָכַח | yâkach | H3198 | 3 | be right, argue |
| אֱלוֹהַּ | ʼĕlôwahh | H433 | 3 | deity, Deity |
| שָׁקַל | shâqal | H8254 | 2 | suspend, poise |
| יָאַל | yâʼal | H2974 | 2 | yield, assent |
| שַׁדַּי | Shadday | H7706 | 2 | Almighty |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Job 6, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“In his prosperity Job formed great expectations from his friends, but now was disappointed. This he compares to the failing of brooks in summer. Those who rest their expectations on the creature, will find it fail when it should help them; whereas those who make God their confidence, have help in the time of need, Heb 4:16. Those who make gold their hope, sooner or later will be ashamed of it, and of their confidence in it. It is our wisdom to cease from man. Let us put all our confidence in the Rock of ages, not in broken reeds; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Job 6:14–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Sheba 1— Job 6:19
- Tema— Job 6:19
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