Job 19:10
He tears me down from all sides until I am finished; he has destroyed my hope like a tree that is uprooted.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
In Context
9He has stripped my honor from me; he has taken away my reputation.
11His anger burns against me; he treats me as one of his enemies.
Cross References
Job 1:13The day came when while Job's sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,
Job 6:11Why should I go on waiting when I don't have the strength? Why should I keep going when I don't know what is going to happen to me?
Job 8:13This is what happens to everyone who forgets God. The hopes of those who live without God come to nothing.
Job 14:19as water wears away the stones, as floods wash away the soil, so you destroy the hope people have.
Job 17:15So then where is my hope? Can anyone see any hope for me?
Psalms 37:35I have watched the wicked acting brutally, spreading like a large tree in its native land.
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 →