Job 19:3
You have already insulted me many [HYP] times; ◄are you not ashamed for saying these things to me?/you should be ashamed for saying these things to me.► [RHQ]
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
In Context
2“How long will you three torment me and crush my spirit by saying to me that I am wicked?
4Even if it were true that I have done things that are wrong, I have not injured you!
Cross References
Genesis 31:7but many times [HYP] he has cheated me by decreasing my wages. But God has not allowed him to harm me.
Leviticus 26:26When I cut off your food supply, there will be very little flour with which to make bread. As a result, ten women will be able to bake all their bread in only one oven. When the bread is baked, each woman will divide it among the members of her family, but there will be very little for each one, and when they have eaten all of it, they will still be hungry.
Nehemiah 4:12The Jews who were living near our enemies came and told us many times, “You should leave the city and go to other places, in order that your enemies will not attack you!”
Job 5:3I have seen foolish people who seemed to be successful/prosperous, but suddenly they experienced disaster/trouble because someone cursed their home.
Job 11:3Job, ◄should your babbling cause us to be silent?/your babbling should certainly not cause us to be silent.► [RHQ] When you make fun of us, shall no one rebuke you and cause you to be ashamed?
Job 15:4By what you say, you show that you do not revere God, and you are hindering people from meditating/thinking about God.
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 →