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Job 6 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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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.

Matthew Henry 4 Spurgeon 2 John Wesley 1

“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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