Job 19:6
Know then that it is the Lord that has troubled me, 1 And has raised his bulwark against me. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
In Context
5But alas! for ye magnify yourselves against me, 1 And insult me with reproach. 1
7Behold, I laugh at reproach; I will not speak: 1 Or I will cry out, but there is nowhere judgment. 1
Cross References
Job 7:20If I have sinned, what shall I be able to do, 1 O thou that understandest the mind of men? 1 Why hast thou made me as thine accuser, 1 And why am I a burden to thee? 1
Job 16:11For the Lord has delivered me into the hands of unrighteous men, 1 And thrown me upon the ungodly. 1
Job 27:2As God lives, who has thus judged me; 1 And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul; 1
Lamentations 1:13He has sent fire from his lofty habitation, 1 He has brought it into my bones: 1 He has spread a net for my feet, 1 He has turned me back: 1 He has made me desolate 1 And mourning all the day. 1
Ezekiel 32:3Thus saith the Lord; I will also cast over thee the nets of many nations, and will bring thee up with my hook:
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 →