Job 19:12
God's troops assemble to attack me. They build ramparts against me. They encircle and besiege my home.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
In Context
11His anger burns against me; he treats me as one of his enemies.
13He has driven my brothers far away from me; all my former friends are estranged from me.
Cross References
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; their poison saps my spirit. God's terrors are lined up against me.
Job 16:11God has handed me over to evil people; he has thrown me into their hands.
Job 30:12The rabble rise up against me, they send me running; like a city under siege they devise ways to destroy me.
Isaiah 51:23Instead I will give that cup to the people who tormented you, to those who said to you, “Lie facedown so we can walk all over you.” You had to make your backs like the ground, like a street to be walked on.
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 →