Job 19:16

To mine own servant, I called, and he would not answer, With mine own mouth, I kept entreating him;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

In Context

15Ye guests of my house and my maidens, A stranger, have ye accounted me, An alien, have I become in their eyes;

17My breath, is strange to my wife, and I am loathsome to the sons of my own mother;

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Cross References

Job 1:19when lo! a great wind, came from over the desert, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they died,—and escaped am, only I alone, to tell thee.

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 →

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