Job 19:22
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
In Context
21Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
23Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
Cross References
Job 10:16And if it exalt itself, Thou huntest me as a lion; and again Thou showest Thyself marvellous upon me.
Job 16:11God delivereth me to the ungodly, and casteth me into the hands of the wicked.
Job 31:31If the men of my tent said not: 'Who can find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat?'
Psalms 69:27(69-28) Add iniquity unto their iniquity; and let them not come into Thy righteousness.
Micah 3:3Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones; yea, they chop them in pieces, as that which is in the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
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 →