Job 19:12

Job 19:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
• New International Version (NIV)His troops advance in force; they build a siege ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
• English Standard Version (ESV)His troops come on together; they have cast up their siege ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
• New King James Version (NKJV)His troops come together And build up their road against me; They encamp all around my tent.

Context of Job 19:12

10He 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. His troops come together And build up their way and siege works against me And camp around my tent. 13“He has put my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me. 14My relatives have failed [me], And my intimate friends have forgotten me.

Job 19:12 word by word

יַ֤חַד׀ יָ֘בֹ֤אוּ גְדוּדָ֗יו וַיָּסֹ֣לּוּ עָלַ֣י דַּרְכָּ֑ם וַיַּחֲנ֖וּ סָבִ֣יב לְאָהֳלִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• His troopsגְּדוּדgedûd · bandH1416
• comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• togetherיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162
• and raise upסָלַלsâlal · to buildH5549
• their wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870
• against me, and encampחָנָהchânâh · to campH2583
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• my tabernacleאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168

Cross-references for Job 19:12

• Job 16:11God hands me over to criminals And tosses me [headlong] into the hands of the wicked.
• Isaiah 10:5Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger [against Israel], The staff in whose hand is My indignation and fury [against Israel’s disobedience]!
• Isaiah 51:23I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, Who have said to you, ‘Lie down so that we may walk over you.’ You have even made your back like the ground And like the street for those who walk over it.”
• Job 30:12On my right the [rabble] brood rises; They push my feet away, and they build up their ways of destruction against me [like an advancing army].

Commentaries on Job 19:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12His troops - The calamities which he had sent, and which are here represented as “armies” or “soldiers” to accomplish his work. It is not probable that he refers here to the bands of the Chaldeans and the Sabeans, that had robbed him of his property, but to the calamities that had come upon him, “as if” they were bands of robbers. And raise up their way - As and army that is about to lay siege to a city, or that is marching to attack it, casts up a way of…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. 1212. troops--Calamities advance together like hostile troops (Job 10:17). raise up ... way--An army must cast up a way of access before it, in marching against a city (Is 40:3).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 19:12

• Afflictions and Adversities

In the dictionaries

• Acquaintance
• Fence
• Mouth
• Net
• Siege

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