Job 19:21
Pity me, pity me, you my friends, || For the hand of God has struck against me.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
In Context
22Why do you pursue me as God? And are not satisfied with my flesh?
Cross References
Ruth 1:13do you wait for them until they grow up? Do you shut yourselves up for them, not to be to a husband? No, my daughters, for more bitter to me than to you, for the hand of YHWH has gone out against me.”
Job 2:5Yet, put forth Your hand now, and strike to his bone and to his flesh—if not, he blesses You to Your face!”
Job 6:4For arrows of the Mighty [are] with me, || Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves [for] me!
Psalms 38:2For Your arrows have come down on me, || And You let down Your hand on me.
Romans 12:15to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,
Hebrews 13:3Be mindful of those in bonds, as having been bound with them, of those maltreated, as yourselves also being in the body.
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 →