Job 19:16
At my cry my servant gives me no answer, and I have to make a prayer to him.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
In Context
15I am strange to my women-servants, and seem to them as one from another country.
17My breath is strange to my wife, and I am disgusting to the offspring of my mother's body.
Cross References
Job 1:19When a great wind came rushing from the waste land against the four sides of the house, and it came down on the young men, and they are dead; and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.
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 →