Job 19:22
Why are you persecuting me like God does? Aren't you satisfied with getting your pound of flesh?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
In Context
21Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, because God has struck me down!
23I wish my words could be written down, recorded in a book,
Cross References
Job 10:16If I do hold my head high you hunt me down like a lion, showing how powerful you are in hurting me.
Job 16:11God has handed me over to evil people; he has thrown me into their hands.
Job 31:31Haven't my family asked, ‘Is there anyone who has not eaten as much as they wanted of his food?’
Psalms 69:27Punish them for the evil they have done. Don't acquit them.
Micah 3:3You eat the flesh of my people, you strip off their skin, you break their bones. You chop them up like meat for the saucepan, like flesh for the cooking 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 →