Job 19:21
Have pity upon me, O ye my friends! have pity upon me; For the hand of God hath smitten me!
Noyes Bible
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
20My bones cleave to my flesh and my skin, And I have scarcely escaped with the skin of my teeth.
22Why do ye persecute me like God, And are not satisfied with my flesh?
Cross References
Job 2:5But put forth now thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and to thy face will he renounce thee.
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; Their poison drinketh up my spirit; The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
Psalms 38:2For thine arrows have deeply pierced me, And thy hand hath been heavy upon me.
Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
Hebrews 13:3Remember those in bonds, as bound with them; those in distress, as being yourselves also 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 →