Job 19:22
Why do you persecute me as God, and glut yourselves with my flesh?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
In Context
Cross References
Job 10:16And for pride thou wilt take me as a lioness, and returning thou tormentest me wonderfully.
Job 16:11They have opened their mouths upon me, and reproaching me they have struck me on the cheek, they are filled with my pains.
Job 31:31If the men of my tabernacle have not said: Who will give us of his flesh that we may be filled?
Psalms 69:27Because they have persecuted him whom thou hast smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.
Micah 3:3Who have eaten the flesh of my people, and have flayed their skin from off them: and have broken, and chopped their bones as for the kettle, and as flesh in the midst of the pot.
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 →