Job 3:24

  • The Dirge

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    For my groaning comes at the sight of my food, and my cries pour out like water.  Job 3:24  NASB Cries pour out – It’s not whimpering tears.  No sir.  These Hebrew words say something much more powerful—and distressing.  But we’ll need to arrange the syntax according to the Hebrew, not the English.  Therefore, we investigate “poured…

  • Hunger Strike

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    For my groaning comes at the sight of my food, and my cries pour out like water.  Job 3:24  NASB Groaning – Before we tackle the participle “groaning,” let’s understand the context.  The NASB translates the opening of this verse as “at the sight of my food,” but the Hebrew is perhaps more poignant.  Literally, it reads…