Job 6 (WEB)

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LORD, Lord, Father, hosts, Almighty, Holy, GOD, Saviour, last, JEHOVAH, Judge, father, lawgiver, Fathers, dayspring, host, Ancient
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Yahweh, the Personal Name of God

Word Study | Israel Loken • Hershel Wayne House
יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh ·Strong's H3068

Strictly speaking, the only personal name of God belonging to Him alone, and the most significant name of God found in the Old Testament (over 5000 times).  Yahweh is the approximate (and likely) pronunciation of the tetragrammaton, the four-letter word YHWH.  When Moses asked what His name was to take back to the Hebrews in Egypt, God replied, “I AM THAT I AM (אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶֽהְיֶ֑ה ehyeh esher ehyeh): and he said, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel, I AM (אֶֽהְיֶ֖ה, ehyeh, 1st person singular, giving God's declaration of His name) has sent me to you” (Exod 3:14).  Thus God revealed to Moses the very essential meaning of His name as Yahweh (יְהוָ֞ה, Yahweh, 3rd person singular, the response of the people of God, He is).  There is a strong indication that Jesus (or Yeshua, Yahweh is salvation) used this name and its divine implication to apply to himself when he said, “Before Abraham was, I AM” (ἐγὼ εἰμί, egō eimi) (John 8:58).  Thus, the very Person who spoke to Moses out of the burning bush was the very same Person who addressed the startled Jews in the Gospel of John.

For a more complete discussion of the personal name of God, see the passage in Exodus in which He reveals His name to Moses, Exodus 3:14, 15.

A Name of God (אֱלֹהִים; 'elohim)

Word Study | Hershel Wayne House
אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym ·Strong's H430

This is a generic name for the divine being. In the Hebrew Bible, the word is regularly used in the plural in reference to the God of Israel but in regard to His majesty or intensity. The plural has a third person singular with the God of Israel, but a third plural with foreign deities.

Abba, Father

Word Study | Hershel Wayne House • Steve Stanley
Ἀββᾶ Abbâ ·Strong's G5

This Aramaic term is used only three times in the NT and approximately 80 times in the writings of the early church fathers when quoting or paraphrasing Jesus’ words. It is translated by the very next word in this verse as ὁ πατήρ (ho pater) “the Father,” as it is in all three NT uses. Jesus spoke in Aramaic, and Hebrew, both languages being used in Israel. In Jesus’ day, abba was used for the father in the family, and was a customary title for God in prayer among the Jews. It was eventually taken over by Greek-speaking Christians as a liturgical formula. Some posit that abba is equivalent to “daddy,” an American English term for “father.” This assumes that the American informality expressed by children toward their father would have an analogy in Jesus’ culture, an assumption difficult to sustain. It is, therefore, not appropriate to refer to God as “daddy.” Linguistically, then, abba means "father" in Hebrew, Greek and English. It must be noted, however, that while “father” is a term of respect in biblical literature, it is also a term of affection, very deep and abiding affection. With His use of “Abba,” Jesus expresses His respectful and intimate relationship with His Heavenly Father in prayer, a wonderful example for all believers.

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Job 6 (WEB)

1Then Job answered,

2“Oh that my anguish were weighed,

and all my calamity laid in the balances!

3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas,

therefore my words have been rash.

4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me.

My spirit drinks up their poison.

The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.

5Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass?

Or does the ox low over his fodder?

6Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt?

Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

7My soul refuses to touch them.

They are as loathsome food to me.

8“Oh that I might have my request,

that God would grant the thing that I long for,

9even that it would please God to crush me;

that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

10Let it still be my consolation,

yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare,

that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

11What is my strength, that I should wait?

What is my end, that I should be patient?

12Is my strength the strength of stones?

Or is my flesh of bronze?

13Isn’t it that I have no help in me,

that wisdom is driven away from me?

14“To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend;

even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

15My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook,

as the channel of brooks that pass away;

16which are black by reason of the ice,

in which the snow hides itself.

17In the dry season, they vanish.

When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

18The caravans that travel beside them turn away.

They go up into the waste, and perish.

19The caravans of Tema looked.

The companies of Sheba waited for them.

20They were distressed because they were confident.

They came there, and were confounded.

21For now you are nothing.

You see a terror, and are afraid.

22Did I ever say, ‘Give to me’?

or, ‘Offer a present for me from your substance’?

23or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’?

or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors’?

24“Teach me, and I will hold my peace.

Cause me to understand my error.

25How forcible are words of uprightness!

But your reproof, what does it reprove?

26Do you intend to reprove words,

since the speeches of one who is desperate are as wind?

27Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless,

and make merchandise of your friend.

28Now therefore be pleased to look at me,

for surely I will not lie to your face.

29Please return.

Let there be no injustice.

Yes, return again.

My cause is righteous.

30Is there injustice on my tongue?

Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?

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