Job 6:7

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Summary

Job 6:7

The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

As my sorrowful meat

General references

Psalm 80:5

Bible References

As my sorrowful meat

But she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I have no bread, only a handful of flour in the bowl and a little oil in the jar. See, I am gathering a few sticks so that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it [as our last meal] and die.”

and say, ‘Thus says the king, “Put this man in prison, and feed him sparingly with the bread and water until I return safely.”’”

For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And have mingled my drink with tears

But I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold (hear me), I have never been defiled; for from my youth until now I have never eaten what died on its own or was torn by beasts, nor has any unclean meat ever entered my mouth.”

“Son of man, eat your bread with anxiety, and drink your water with trembling and with fear.

I ate no tasty food, nor did any meat or wine enter my mouth; and I did not anoint (refresh, groom) myself at all for the full three weeks.

General references

You have fed them the bread of tears,
And You have made them drink [bitter] tears in abundance.