“For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.”
Job describes the terrors of God as arrayed against him, suggesting that he experiences his suffering not as impersonal affliction but as the active hostility of the Divine. The military imagery of arrows and terrors aligned against him creates a picture of Job as under siege by divine forces. This description suggests that Job's pain cannot be separated from the question of divine intention toward him.
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