Job 19:6
Know now that God hath subverted my cause, and hath compassed me with His net.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
In Context
5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;
7Behold, I cry out: 'Violence!' but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice.
Cross References
Job 7:20If I have sinned, what do I unto Thee, O Thou watcher of men? Why hast Thou set me as a mark for Thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
Job 16:11God delivereth me to the ungodly, and casteth me into the hands of the wicked.
Job 27:2As God liveth, who hath taken away my right; and the Almighty, who hath dealt bitterly with me;
Psalms 66:10For Thou, O God, hast tried us; Thou hast refined us, as silver is refined.
Lamentations 1:13From on high hath He sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; He hath spread a net for my feet, He hath turned me back; He hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
Ezekiel 32:3Thus saith the Lord GOD: I will therefore spread out My net over thee with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in My net.
Matthew Henry on Job 19:2-8
The Reply of Job to Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? 3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me. 4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself. 5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach: 6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not… Read the whole commentary →