Job 19:21
Pity me! pity me! ye, my friends, for, the hand of GOD, hath stricken me!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
20Unto my skin and unto my flesh, have my bones cleaved, and I have escaped with the akin of my teeth.
22Wherefore should ye persecute me as GOD? and, with my flesh, should not he satisfied?
Cross References
Ruth 1:13would ye, therefore, tarry until they were grown? would ye, therefore, shut yourselves up from having husbands? Nay! my daughters, for it is far more bitter for me than for you, that forth hath gone against me, the hand of Yahweh.
Job 2:5In very deed, put forth, I pray thee thy hand, and smite unto his bone, and unto his flesh,—verily, unto thy face, will he curse thee.
Job 6:4For, the arrows of the Almighty, are in me, The heat whereof, my spirit is drinking up, The, terrors of GOD, array themselves against me.
Psalms 38:2For, thine arrows, have sunk down into me, and thy hand, presseth heavily upon me.
Romans 12:15Rejoice with them that rejoice, weep with them that weep:
Hebrews 13:3Bear in mind them who are in bonds, as having become jointly bound,—them who are suffering ill-treatment, as being yourselves 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 →