Job 19:6
Know then that it is God who hath brought me low; He hath encompassed me with his net.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
In Context
5Since, indeed, ye magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach,
7Behold, I complain of wrong, but receive no answer; I cry aloud, but obtain no justice.
Cross References
Job 7:20If I have sinned, what have I done to thee, O thou watcher of men! Why hast thou set me up as thy mark, So that I have become a burden to myself?
Job 16:11God hath given me a prey to the unrighteous, And delivered me into the hands of the wicked.
Job 27:2As God liveth, who hath rejected my cause, And the Almighty, who hath afflicted my soul;
Psalms 66:10Thou hast, indeed, proved us, O God! Thou hast tried us as silver is tried.
Lamentations 1:13“From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevailed against them: He hath spread a net for my feet; he hath turned me back; He hath made me desolate, faint all the day long.
Ezekiel 32:3Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will therefore spread my net over thee, Amidst an assembly of many nations; 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 →