Job 19

Job's Reply: How Long Will You Torment Me?

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. Parallel theme: Job 19:17, Genesis 31:7, Nehemiah 4:12, Psalms 69:8, Daniel 1:20

4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself. Parallel theme: Proverbs 9:12

5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach: Parallel theme: Psalms 35:26, 38:16, 55:12

6 Know now that GodGod: אֱלֹהִים (Elohim). The Hebrew Elohim (אֱלֹהִים) is a plural form denoting majesty and fullness of deity. Though grammatically plural, it takes singular verbs when referring to the one true God, suggesting the Trinity's plurality within unity. hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgmentJudgment: מִשְׁפָּט (Mishpat). The Hebrew mishpat (מִשְׁפָּט) means judgment or justice—God's righteous decisions and ordinances. God is the Judge of all the earth who 'shall do right' (Genesis 18:25), executing perfect justice.. Judgment: Job 34:5, 40:8. Parallel theme: Job 21:27, 30:20, Lamentations 3:8

8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. Darkness: Job 30:26, Proverbs 4:19, Isaiah 50:10, Jeremiah 13:16, 23:12. Parallel theme: Job 3:23, Psalms 88:8, Lamentations 3:7, 3:9, Hosea 2:6 +5

9 He hath stripped me of my gloryGlory: כָּבוֹד (Kavod). The Hebrew kavod (כָּבוֹד) literally means 'weight' or 'heaviness,' metaphorically denoting glory, honor, or majesty. God's glory (Shekinah) filled the tabernacle (Exodus 40:34) and temple (1 Kings 8:11)., and taken the crown from my head. Glory: Psalms 89:44. Parallel theme: Psalms 89:39, Lamentations 5:16

10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hopeHope: תִּקְוָה (Tikvah). The Hebrew tikvah (תִּקְוָה) means hope or expectation—confident trust in God's promises. 'Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God' (Psalm 146:5). hath he removed like a tree. Parallel theme: Job 12:14, 24:20

11 He hath also kindled his wrathWrath: אַף (Aph). The Hebrew aph (אַף) literally means 'nose' or 'nostrils,' idiomatically expressing wrath or anger—God's righteous indignation against sin. Yet God is 'slow to anger' (Exodus 34:6) and 'abundant in mercy.' against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. Judgment: Job 16:9. Parallel theme: Job 13:24, 33:10

12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle. Resurrection: Job 30:12

13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. Parallel theme: Psalms 31:11, 69:8, 88:8, 88:18

14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. Parallel theme: Psalms 38:11

15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.

18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me. Parallel theme: Job 30:1, 30:12, 2 Kings 2:23

19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me. Parallel theme: Psalms 41:9

20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. Parallel theme: Psalms 102:5, Lamentations 4:8

21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of GodGod: אֱלֹהִים (Elohim). The Hebrew Elohim (אֱלֹהִים) is a plural form denoting majesty and fullness of deity. Though grammatically plural, it takes singular verbs when referring to the one true God, suggesting the Trinity's plurality within unity. hath touched me. Parallel theme: Job 1:11, Psalms 38:2

22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? Parallel theme: Psalms 69:26

I Know That My Redeemer Lives

23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! Parallel theme: Isaiah 30:8

24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! Parallel theme: Jeremiah 17:1

25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: Redemption: Psalms 19:14, 78:35, Proverbs 23:11, Isaiah 43:14, 54:5, Jeremiah 50:34, Ephesians 1:7. Parallel theme: Job 16:19, Genesis 3:15, Jude 1:14 +5

26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see GodGod: אֱלֹהִים (Elohim). The Hebrew Elohim (אֱלֹהִים) is a plural form denoting majesty and fullness of deity. Though grammatically plural, it takes singular verbs when referring to the one true God, suggesting the Trinity's plurality within unity.: References God: Matthew 5:8, 1 John 3:2. Parallel theme: Psalms 16:9, 16:11, 17:15, 1 Corinthians 13:12, 15:53, Philippians 3:21, Revelation 1:7 +4

27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me. Parallel theme: Psalms 73:26

28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me? Parallel theme: Job 19:22

29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment. Judgment: Ecclesiastes 11:9, 12:14