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My Vexation and My Calamity - Job 6:1


Welcome to the InAllWisdom Podcast,
A daily podcast dedicated to wisdom for life.
I am Jim Donnelly, your host.

I have completed a commentary on
The book of Ecclesiastes, all 222 verses.
My book title is:
Ecclesiastes Amplified: A Collection of Wise Words 
We have set the publication date for 2026.
 
In the meantime, I am working on 
the book of Job, 
all forty-two chapters, all 1070 verses.
My book title for Job prompts 
a different approach to understanding
the book of Job: 

Job Is A True Story – Well Written Well Spoken
Subtitled: A True Story About Our Mighty God - Who Has Chosen Not to Distance Himself From Human Suffering, But to be Part of It. 
 
Job is forty-two chapters long. A daily podcast will allow me to read through the entire book of Job every six weeks. 

I started this method of reading and commenting five days ago, on November 1, 2025.  

Each daily podcast will start with a reading from a chapter in the book of Job. 

I am taking this trek through Job 

for you and with you. 

Because most people on planet Earth have never heard the true story of Job. 

Reading a chapter a day will help them. 

It will also help many of you 

who know the book of Job 

but have never read it all. 


When you are reading along in the book of Job; 

It is often very hard to figure out who is speaking. 

And who is the target of the conversation. 

It is still harder sometimes to understand what they said.

Allow me to read Job chapter 6. It is 30 verses long. 

The Book of Job, Chapter Six
1 Then Job answered and said, 
2 “Oh that my vexation were actually weighed 
And laid in the balances together with my destruction! 
3 “For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; 
Therefore my words have been rash. 
4 “For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, 
Their poison my spirit drinks; 
The horrors of God are arranged against me. 
5 “Does the wild donkey bray over his grass, 
Or does the ox low over his fodder? 
6 “Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, 
Or is there any taste in the slime of a yolk? 
7 “My soul refuses to touch them; 
They are like loathsome food to me. 
8 “Oh that my request might come to pass, 
And that God would grant my hope! 
9 “Would that God were willing to crush me, 
That He would release His hand and cut me off! 
10 “But it is still my comfort, 
And I rejoice in unsparing pain, 
That I have not at all hidden away the words of the Holy One. 
11 “What is my strength, that I should wait? 
And what is my end, that I should aendure? 
12 “Is my strength the strength of stones, 
Or is my flesh bronze? 
13 “Is it that there is no help within me, 
And that the bsuccess of sound wisdom is driven from me? 
14 “For the despairing man lovingkindness should be from his friend; 
But he forsakes the fear of the Almighty. 
15 “My brothers have betrayed me like a wadi, 
Like the torrents of wadis which pass away, 
16 Which grow dark because of ice 
And upon which the snow hides itself. 
17 “When they become waterless, they are silent; 
When it is hot, they vanish from their place. 
18 “The paths of their course wind along; 
They go up into a formless place and perish. 
19 “The caravans of Tema looked; 
The travelers of Sheba hoped for them. 
20 “They were ashamed for they had trusted; 
They came there and were humiliated. 
21 “Indeed, you have now become such; 
You see a terror and are afraid. 
22 “Have I said, ‘Give me something,’ 
Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,’ 
23 Or, ‘Give me escape from the hand of the adversary,’ 
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless men’? 
24 “Instruct me, and I will be silent; 
And cause me to understand how I have erred. 
25 “How painful are upright words! 
But what does your reproof prove? 
26 “Do you think to reprove my words, 
Or think of the words of one in despair as wind? 
27 “You would even cast lots for the orphans 
And bargain over your friend. 
28 “So now be willing to face me, 
And see if I lie to your face. 
29 “Now turn from this, let there be no unrighteousness; 
Even turn from this, my righteousness is yet in it. 
30 “Is there unrighteousness on my tongue? 
Cannot my palate discern destruction? 
Legacy Standard Bible (Job 6:1–30). (2022). Three Sixteen Publishing.

Today’s podcast is named:
My Vexation and My Calamity - Job 6:2

“My Grief” for sure as we find in some English translations. But more pointedly “my vexation” is here intended. 
“Vexation” is a translation of a Hebrew word form, found only in Job.[i]
The meaning is to vex, agitate, stir up, or provoke the heart to a heated condition which in turn leads to specific actions. Anger, and wrath are synonyms used of God. They refer to God’s inner self as vexed and provoked by rebellion or sin. The term when applied to God, implies that man can affect the very heart of God so as to cause him heat, pain, or grief to various degrees of intensity.”[ii]  
So, “Man vexes and provokes God to anger… [But] Man also is a source of vexation to his fellow-men.”[iii] 
It seems that here in Job 6:2 that Job may be speaking both for himself and for 
God. But he does not seem to know that at this point in his life. 
 
And so, it is with us His creatures, created in His image and likeness. We can move the heart of our Creator and not even know it. Here is a glimpse of Yahweh on a bad day here on planet earth; which He created for us to enjoy with each other, and with Him walking along side by side, day by day: 
“Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all day long. The Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. (Genesis 6:5-6). 
However, “Vexation” or “Anger” is not the point in Genesis. Rather it is true “heartfelt grief” by the Lord over His creation. He’s “brokenhearted” on this occasion. 
Isaiah, using this very same Hebrew word from Genesis, providing readers with that very tender, and moving perspective of God’s involvement with His own: “For your husband is your Maker, Whose name is the Lord of hosts; and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, Who is called the God of all the earth. For the Lord has called you, like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even like a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,” (Isaiah 54:5-6, NASB).  
This is something I will ponder with you in future Podcasts.
So be careful where you walk on your journey through life; and what your thoughts are day by day.
And don’t forget that God’s has not distanced Himself from the suffering of mankind. Rather He waits just off-stage “broken-hearted” but ready to hear from us, ready to be with us again, or for the first time on good days and on the worst days of our lives.


We have come to the end of today’s InAllWisdom Podcast. A Daily Podcast dedicated 
to wisdom for life. Thank you for listening!
 
Please join with me again for another interesting episode about Wisdom for Life as He works in us for His good pleasure. 
 
Until He comes on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory, “The Lord bless you, and keep you; The Lord make His face shine on you, And be gracious to you; 
The Lord lift up His countenance on you, And give you peace.’”
The Book of Numbers 6:24-27).


[i] כַּעַשׂ m. id. only found in the book of Job, 5:2; 6:2; 10:17; 17:7.
[ii]  (1999). 1016 kaas. In R. L. Harris, G. L. Archer Jr., & B. K. Waltke (Eds.), Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (electronic ed., p. 451). Moody Press.
[iii] Ibid, p. 451.