Job 6:1-10:22

Some verses of interest:

Job 6:15-20 Job's friends really aren't offering much help. In chapter 6, Job says his friends have been deceitful like a stream in the desert. Job uses the example of a weary traveler who approaches a stream of water in the desert, only to arrive at its place to find nothing. Such is the help of Job's friends.

Job 6:19 The city of Tema was at the crossroads of important trade routes in northern Arabia. There was a nearby oasis that was filled with streams during the rainy season, but dry when most needed by travelers. Tema continued to be a major trading center even through the Babylonian and Persian empires. Nabonidus (556-539 BC), the last of the Babylonian kings, moved to Tema and lived for ten years while his son Belshazzar was left in control of the capital Babylon.

Job 6:21 Job's friends may fear that a similar calamity might fall upon them.

Job 7:3-6 If you have ever seen a demonstration of how cloth was made in the "old days", you will know how fast the shuttle moves back and forth, passing the thread from one side to the other. Job's days were that quick, but his nights were never-ending.

Job 9:9 The mythic tales of the Orion and other constellations date back as far as the Second Millenium BC to around 1200 BC.

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