6. Insomnia (7:4)
couldn't find any sinful source for his suffering. He would rejoice in his pain if he knew it would soon lead to death, but he couldn't see any hope for death or deliverance in himself (vv. 11–13).
JOB—NOTE ON 6:14 kindness . . . forsakes. Job rebuked his friends with sage words. Even if a man has forsaken God (which he hadn't), should not his friends still show kindness to him? How can Eliphaz be so unkind as to continually indict him?
JOB—NOTE ON 6:15–23 Job described his friends as being about as useful with their counsel as a dry river bed in summer. "You are no help," he said (v. 21), "although all I asked for was a little sympathy, not some great gift or deliverance" (vv. 22–23).
JOB—NOTE ON 6:19 Tema . . . Sheba. Tema in the north, named for the son of Ishmael (Gen. 25:15; Isa. 21:14), and Sheba in the south (Jer. 6:20) were part of the Arabian desert, where water was precious.
JOB—NOTE ON 6:24–30 Teach me . . . make me understand how I have gone astray. Job was not admitting to having sinned. Rather he said to his accusers, "If I've sinned, show me where." The sufferer indicted his friends for their insensitivity, and while not claiming sinlessness, he was convinced there was no sin in his life that led directly to such suffering.
Job's Living Death
Job's Living Death 1. Painful boils from head to toe (2:7, 13; 30:17) 2. Severe itching/irritation (2:7–8) 3. Great grief (2:13) 4. Lost appetite (3:24; 6:6–7) 5. Agonizing discomfort (3:24) 6. Insomnia (7:4) 7. Worm and dust infested flesh (7:5) 8. Continual oozing of boils (7:5) 9. Hallucinations (7:14) 10. Decaying skin (13:28) 11. Shriveled up (16:8; 17:7; 19:20) 12. Severe halitosis (19:17)