Job 19:16
I call for my servant, but he will not answer, though I were to entreat him with my mouth.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
In Context
17My breath is become nauseous to my wife, and my caressing, to the children of my own body.
Cross References
Job 1:19When, behold, a violent wind came from the direction of the wilderness, and struck against the four corners of the house, so that it fell upon the young men, and they died; and I am escaped, none but myself alone, to tell it unto thee.
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 →