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Job 19:10
10He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; He has uprooted my hope like a tree.
Job 19:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
- New International Version (NIV)He tears me down on every side till I am gone; he uproots my hope like a tree.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone, and my hope has he pulled up like a tree.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He breaks me down on every side, And I am gone; My hope He has uprooted like a tree.
Context of Job 19:10
8He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass, And He has set darkness upon my paths. 9He has stripped me of my honor And removed the crown from my head. He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; He has uprooted my hope like a tree. 11He has also kindled His wrath [like a fire] against me And He considers and counts me as one of His adversaries. 12His troops come together And build up their way and siege works against me And camp around my tent.
Read all of Job 19Job 19:10 word by word
יִתְּצֵ֣נִי סָ֭בִיב וָאֵלַ֑ךְ וַיַּסַּ֥ע כָּ֝עֵ֗ץ תִּקְוָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 19:10
- Job 1:13Now there was a day when Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
- Job 2:7So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with loathsome boils and agonizingly painful sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
- Psalms 88:13But I have cried out to You, O Lord, for help; And in the morning my prayer will come to You.
- Lamentations 2:5The Lord has become like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all its palaces; He has destroyed its strongholds And multiplied in the Daughter of Judah Mourning and lamentation (expressions of grief).
- 2 Corinthians 4:8We are pressured in every way [hedged in], but not crushed; perplexed [unsure of finding a way out], but not driven to despair;
- Job 17:11My days are past, my purposes and plans are frustrated and torn apart; The wishes of my heart [are broken].
- Psalms 102:11My days are like an evening shadow that lengthens and vanishes [with the sun]; And as for me, I wither away like grass.
- Job 6:11What strength do I have left, that I should wait [and hope]? And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient and endure?
- Job 8:13So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the godless will perish,
- Job 17:15Where now is my hope? And who regards or considers or is even concerned about my hope?
- Job 24:20A mother will forget him; The worm feeds on him until he is no longer remembered. And wickedness will be broken like a tree [which cannot be restored].
- Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, violent man [with great power] Spreading and flaunting himself like a cedar in its native soil,
Commentaries on Job 19:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Mine hope hath he removed like a tree - There is no more hope of my restoration to affluence, authority, and respect, than there is that a tree shall grow and flourish, whose roots are extracted from the earth. I am pulled up by the roots, withered, and gone.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10He hath destroyed me on every side - He has left me nothing. The word which is used here is that which is commonly applied to which is used here is that which is commonly applied to destroying cities, towns, and houses. “Rosenmuller.” And I am gone - That is, I am near death. I cannot recover myself. And mine hope hath he removed like a tree - A tree, which is plucked up by the roots, and which does not grow again. That is, his hopes of life and…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-22Verses 8-22 How doleful are Job's complaints! What is the fire of hell but the wrath of God! Seared consciences will feel it hereafter, but do not fear it now: enlightened consciences fear it now, but shall not feel it hereafter. It is a very common mistake to think that those whom God afflicts he treats as his enemies. Every creature is that to us which God makes it to be; yet this does not excuse Job's relations and friends. How uncertain is the…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. destroyed ... on every side--"Shaken all round, so that I fall in the dust"; image from a tree uprooted by violent shaking from every side [Umbreit]. The last clause accords with this (Jr 1:10) mine hope--as to this life (in opposition to Zophar, Job 11:18); not as to the world to come (Job 19:25; Job 14:15). removed--uprooted.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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