Job 19:10

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 hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. 9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. He breaketh me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath he torn up as a tree. 11And he hath kindled his anger against me, and hath counted me unto him as one of his enemies. 12His troops have come together and cast up their way against me, and have encamped round about my tent.

Job 19:10 word by word

יִתְּצֵ֣נִי סָ֭בִיב וָאֵלַ֑ךְ וַיַּסַּ֥ע כָּ֝עֵ֗ץ תִּקְוָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• downנָתַץnâthats · to tearH5422
• hopeתִּקְוָהtiqvâh · hopeH8615
• treeעֵץ‛êts · treeH6086

Cross-references for Job 19:10

• Job 1:13And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn.
• Job 2:7And Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah; and he smote Job with a grievous botch from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
• Psalms 88:13But as for me, Jehovah, I cry unto thee, and in the morning my prayer cometh before thee.
• Lamentations 2:5The Lord is become as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel; he hath swallowed up all her palaces; he hath destroyed his strongholds, and hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
• 2 Corinthians 4:8every way afflicted, but not straitened; seeing no apparent issue, but our way not entirely shut up;
• Job 17:11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, the cherished thoughts of my heart.
• Psalms 102:11My days are like a lengthened-out shadow, and I, I am withered like grass.
• Job 6:11What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should have patience?
• Job 8:13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the profane man's hope shall perish,
• Job 17:15And where is then my hope? yea, my hope, who shall see it?
• Job 24:20The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree, —
• Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading like a green tree 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

Topics related to Job 19:10

• Afflictions and Adversities

In the dictionaries

• Acquaintance
• Fence
• Mouth
• Net

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