Job 19:10
He hath ruined me on every side, and I am gone, and he hath taken away—like a tree—my hope;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
In Context
9My glory—from off me, hath he stripped, and hath removed the crown of my head;
11Yea he hath kindled against me his anger, and accounted me towards him like unto his adversaries;
Cross References
Job 1:13And there came a certain day,—when his sons and his daughters were eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their eldest brother.
Job 6:11What is my strength, that I should hope? Or what mine end, that I should prolong my desire?
Job 8:13So, shall be the latter end of all who forget GOD, and, the hope of the impious, shall perish:
Job 14:19Stones, have been hollowed out by waters, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth, and, the hope of mortal man, thou hast destroyed:
Job 17:15Where then would be my hope? And, as for my blessedness, who should see it!
Psalms 37:35I have seen a lawless man, a tyrant, and spreading himself out, like a cedar in Lebanon;
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 →