Job 19:21
“Have pity on me. Have pity on me, you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me.
World Messianic 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 stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
22Why do you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Cross References
Ruth 1:13would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, for it grieves me seriously for your sakes, for the LORD’s hand has gone out against me.”
Job 2:5But stretch out your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.”
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
Psalms 38:2For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.
Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.
Hebrews 13:3Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you are 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 →