Job 19:10
He hath pulled me down on every side, and I am going hence; and he hath rooted up like a tree my hope.
Leeser Tanakh
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
9My glory hath he stripped from me, and removed the crown of my head.
Cross References
Job 1:13And it happened on a certain day, when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their first-born brother,
Job 6:11What is my strength, that I should wait? and what my end, that I should yet longer retain my patience?
Job 8:13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the hypocrite will perish:
Job 14:19The water weareth out stones; thou sweepest away their fragments [like] the dust of the earth: and so thou destroyest the hope of man.
Job 17:15Ay, where is then my hope? as for my hope, who will see it [fulfilled]?
Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked terrible in power, and striking root like a green 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 →