Job 19:22

Why will ye persecute me as God [hath done], and will never be satisfied with my flesh?

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

In Context

21Spare me, spare me, O ye, my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

23Oh who would but grant, that my words might be written down! oh who would grant that they were entered in a book!

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Cross References

Job 10:16And it constantly increaseth; like a fierce lion dost thou hunt for me; and again thou showest thyself continually wonderful on me;

Job 16:11God hath surrendered me to the unjust, and cast me down into the hands of the wicked.

Job 31:31If the men of my tent said not, Oh is there one that is not satisfied of his flesh;—

Psalms 69:27(69:28) Lay guilt upon their guilt; 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 who crush their bones, and chop them in pieces, as that to be put in a pot, and as flesh within a 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 →

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