Job 19:21
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O all of you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me.
Updated King James Version
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
20My bone cleaves to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
22Why do all of you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Cross References
Ruth 1:13Would all of you tarry for them till they were grown? would all of you stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieves me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.
Job 2:5But put forth yours hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinks up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Psalms 38:2For yours arrows stick fast in me, and your hand presses me sore.
Romans 12:15Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Hebrews 13:3Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, 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 →