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Job 6:7

Job 6:7
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

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Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.

Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And that I might have my request,.... Or that it "might come" (m); that it might go up to heaven, enter there, and come…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

The things that my soul refused to touch - That I refused to touch - the word “soul” here being used to denote himself.…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 6:1-7

Eliphaz, in the beginning of his discourse, had been very sharp upon Job, and yet it does not appear that Job gave him…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

This verse may be rendered not quite literally,

My soul refuseth to touch them!

Such things are like loathsome food to…