Job 19:21
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Darby Translation
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 bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am 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 wait on that account till they were grown? Would ye stay on that account from having husbands? No, my daughters, for I am in much more bitterness than you; for the hand of Jehovah is gone out against me.
Job 2:5but put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, [and see] if he will not curse thee to thy face!
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Psalms 38:2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand cometh down upon me.
Romans 12:15Rejoice with those that rejoice, weep with those that weep.
Hebrews 13:3Remember prisoners, as bound with [them]; those that are evil-treated, as being yourselves also 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 →