Job 19:2
How long will ye grieve my soul, and crush me with words?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
In Context
Cross References
Judges 16:16And it came to pass, when she worried him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul became impatient to die;
Job 18:2When will ye at length put an end to words? Come to an understanding, and afterward let us speak.
Job 27:12Lo! ye yourselves have all beheld it: why is it then that ye deal in such vanities?
Psalms 13:1“To the chief musician, a psalm of David.” (13:2) How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me continually! how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms 55:21(55:22) The creamy words of his mouth are smooth, yet there is war [in] his heart; his words are softer than oil, yet are they drawn swords.
Psalms 64:3(64:4) Who whet their tongue like a sword, who aim with their arrow, the bitter word:
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 →