Job 19:10
He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath He plucked up like a tree.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
11He hath also kindled His wrath against me, and He counteth me unto Him as one of His adversaries.
Cross References
Job 1:13And it fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,
Job 6:11What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, that I should be patient?
Job 8:13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the godless man shall perish;
Job 14:19The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of man.
Job 17:15Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a leafy tree in its native soil.
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 →