Job 19:21
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends, for the hand of God has touched me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
In Context
20My bone cleaves to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.
22Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Cross References
Ruth 1:13would ye therefore delay till they were grown? Would ye therefore stay from having husbands? No, my daughters, for it grieves me much for your sakes, for the hand of LORD has gone forth against me.
Job 2:5But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison of which my spirit drinks up. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
Psalms 38:2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presses me severely.
Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep,
Hebrews 13:3Remember the prisoners as being in bondage together, those who are ill-treated as also yourselves being in the body.
Matthew Henry on Job 19:9-23
Job Complains of God's Displeasure; Job Complains of His Friends. ( b. c. 1520.) 8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. 10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree. 11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. 12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my… Read the whole commentary →