Job 19:22
Wherefore should ye persecute me as GOD? and, with my flesh, should not he satisfied?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
In Context
21Pity me! pity me! ye, my friends, for, the hand of GOD, hath stricken me!
23Oh, then, that my words, could be written, Oh that, in a record, they could be inscribed:
Cross References
Job 10:16When it is lifted up, like a howling lion, thou dost hunt me, Then again thou dost shew thyself marvellous against me.
Job 16:11GOD doth abandon me to him that is perverse, and, into the hands of the lawless, he throweth me headlong.
Job 31:31If the men of my household have not said, Oh for some of his flesh—we cannot get filled,
Psalms 69:27Lay punishment on their iniquity, And let them not enter into thy righteousness;
Micah 3:3Who indeed have eaten the flesh of my people, and, their skin from off them, have stript, and, their bones, have they broken in pieces,—and will spread them out, as flesh with a fork, and as flesh, in the midst of a pot.
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 →