Job 19:21
Pity me, pity me, ye my friends, For the hand of God hath stricken against me.
Young's Literal Translation
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
20To my skin and to my flesh Cleaved hath my bone, And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth.
22Why do you pursue me as God? And with my flesh are not satisfied?
Cross References
Ruth 1:13for them do ye wait till that they grow up? for them do ye shut yourselves up, not to be to a husband? nay, my daughters, for more bitter to me than to you, for the hand of Jehovah hath gone out against me.'
Job 2:5Yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike unto his bone and unto his flesh — if not: unto Thy face he doth bless Thee!'
Job 6:4For arrows of the Mighty [are] with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves [for] me!
Psalms 38:2For Thine arrows have come down on me, And Thou lettest down upon me Thy hand.
Romans 12:15to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,
Hebrews 13:3be mindful of those in bonds, as having been bound with them, of those maltreated, as also yourselves being 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 →