Job 19:21
“I plead with you, my three friends, pity me, because God has ◄struck [EUP] me with his hand/caused me to suffer greatly►.
Translation for Translators
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 body is only skin and bones; I am barely alive [IDM].
22Why do you cause me to suffer like God does? Why do you continue to slander [MET] me?
Cross References
Ruth 1:13would you remain single/unmarried until they grew up and became old enough for you to marry? No, my daughters, you would not do that. Your situations are bad because your husbands have died, but it is possible that you will each marry again. My situation is much worse, because Yahweh [SYN] has opposed me, and now I am too old to get married again.”
Job 2:5But if you harm his body [MTY], he will surely curse you openly [IDM]!”
Job 6:4It is as though Almighty God has shot me with arrows. It is as though those arrows had poison on their tips, and that poison has gone into my spirit. The things that God has done to me have terrified me.
Psalms 38:2Now it is as though you have shot your arrows at me and wounded me; you have struck me and knocked me down.
Romans 12:15If someone is joyful, you should rejoice also! If someone is sad, you should also be sad!
Hebrews 13:3Remember to help those who are in prison because they are Christians, as though you were in prison with them. Remember those who are being mistreated {whom people are mistreating} because they are believers. As you do that, consider that you you could suffer as they do.
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 →