Job 19:21
Have mercy on me, have compassion on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord has touched me.
Catholic Public Domain 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
22Why do you pursue me just as God does, and satiate yourselves with my flesh?
Cross References
Ruth 1:13if you were willing to wait until they were grown and had completed the years of adolescence, you would be elderly before you could marry. Do not do so, I beg you, my daughters. For your difficulties weigh upon me greatly, and the hand of the Lord has been set against me.”
Job 2:5Yet send your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and then you will see whether or not he blesses you to your face.”
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Lord are in me, my spirit drinks of their indignation, and the terrors of the Lord are soldiers against me.
Psalms 38:2I said, “I will keep to my ways, so that I will not offend with my tongue.” I posted a guard at my mouth, when a sinner took up a position against me.
Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who are rejoicing. Weep with those who are weeping.
Hebrews 13:3Remember those who are prisoners, just as if you were imprisoned with them, and those who endure hardships, just as if you were in their place.
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 →