Job 19:6
Know, then, that, God, hath overthrown me, and, within his net, enclosed me.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
In Context
5If indeed, against me, ye must needs magnify yourselves, and plead, against me, my reproach.
7Lo! I cry—out: Violence! but receive no answer, I cry aloud, but there is no vindication;
Cross References
Job 7:20I have sinned, What can I do for thee, thou watcher of men? Wherefore hast thou set me as thine object of attack, or have I become, unto thee, a burden?
Job 16:11GOD doth abandon me to him that is perverse, and, into the hands of the lawless, he throweth me headlong.
Job 27:2As GOD liveth who hath taken away my right, even the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul;
Psalms 66:10For thou didst prove us, O God, Thou didst refine us, according to the refining of silver:
Lamentations 1:13From on high, sent he fire, among my bones, and laid them prostrate,—He spread out a net for my feet, he made me turn back, he made me desolate, all the day, faint.
Ezekiel 32:3Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh, Therefore will I spread over thee my net, With a gathered host of many peoples,-And they shall bring thee up in my net;
Matthew Henry on Job 19:2-8
The Reply of Job to Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? 3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me. 4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself. 5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach: 6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not… Read the whole commentary →