EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Job 19:10
10Everywhere that I go, God is there to attack me. He is ready to destroy me. He has taken away my hope, as if he has dug a tree out of the ground.
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
8God has stopped me so that I cannot move forward. He has made my path dark so that I cannot see the way to go. 9He has taken away my honour so that nobody respects me. Everywhere that I go, God is there to attack me. He is ready to destroy me. He has taken away my hope, as if he has dug a tree out of the ground. 11He is very angry against me. He attacks me as if I am his enemy. 12His whole army is coming to attack me! They build a road so that they can reach me. They are all around me.
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 1:13One day, Job's sons and daughters were at a party in the home of his oldest son.
- Job 2:7So Satan went away. He caused Job to have boils all over his body. They hurt him everywhere, from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.
- Psalms 88:13But as for me, Lord, I call to you for help. Every morning I pray to you.
- Lamentations 2:5The Lord has become like an enemy. He has destroyed Israel and all the beautiful houses there. He has destroyed all the strong towns that had walls. He has caused Judah's people to weep. They are very sad.
- 2 Corinthians 4:8We receive trouble all the time, but that does not stop us. We do not always know what to do, but we are not afraid to continue.
- Job 17:11I will not live for many more days. I will never do the things that I wanted to do.
- Psalms 102:11My days are disappearing, like a shadow in the evening. Like dry grass, I will soon die.
- Job 6:11I am not strong enough to hope for my life to become any better. There is no reason for me to continue my life.
- Job 8:13People who turn away from God are like those plants. Their hope quickly disappears.
- Job 17:15I can hope for nothing that is better than that. No one can find anything better for me.
- Job 24:20Their mothers soon forget them. Worms eat their bodies. No one remembers those wicked people. They are like dead trees that people have cut down.
- Psalms 37:35I have seen cruel, wicked people become very powerful, like trees that grow well in good 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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