Job 19:6
Then know for certain that God hath bent me down, and hath laid his net all around me.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
In Context
5But if indeed ye wish to magnify yourselves above me, and to prove against me my disgrace:
Cross References
Job 7:20If I have sinned, what [injury] can I cause unto thee, O thou Guardian of men? why hast thou set me as an object for thee to strike at, so that I am become a burden to myself?
Job 16:11God hath surrendered me to the unjust, and cast me down into the hands of the wicked.
Job 27:2As God liveth, who hath removed justice from me; and by the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul:
Psalms 66:10For thou hast proved us, O God: thou hast refined us, as silver is refined.
Lamentations 1:13From on high hath he sent a fire into my bones, and breaketh [them] one by one: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath caused me to return backward; he hath made me desolate, sick all the day.
Ezekiel 32:3Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, I will therefore spread out my net over thee through the assemblage of many people, and they shall draw 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 →