Job 19:11

Job 19:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
• New International Version (NIV)His anger burns against me; he counts me among his enemies.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He has kindled his wrath against me and counts me as his adversary.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He has also kindled His wrath against me, And He counts me as one of His enemies.

Context of Job 19:11

9He has taken away my honour so that nobody respects me. 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. He 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. 13God has caused my brothers to stay away from me. My friends do not want to meet me.

Job 19:11 word by word

וַיַּ֣חַר עָלַ֣י אַפּ֑וֹ וַיַּחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי ל֣וֹ כְצָרָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He hath also kindledחָרָהchârâh · to be incensedH2734
• his wrathאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• against me, and he countethחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: thinkH2803
• his enemiesצַרtsar tsâr · enemyH6862

Cross-references for Job 19:11

• Deuteronomy 32:22I will become so angry that I punish them very much. I will destroy them like a hot fire. It will be like a fire that reaches deep down into the place of dead people. It will destroy the ground and everything that grows on it. It will burn deep down to the foundations of the mountains.
• Psalms 89:46Lord, how long will this continue? Will you hide yourself from us for ever? Will your anger continue to burn like a fire?
• Psalms 90:7Your anger destroys us, and we become very afraid.
• Job 13:24Why do you hide yourself from me? Why do you think that I am your enemy?
• Job 16:9God attacks me and he punishes me because he is angry. He shows his anger like a wild animal. He has become my enemy.
• Job 33:10But God has decided to punish me! He attacks me as if I am his enemy.
• 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.

Commentaries on Job 19:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11And he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies - From the seventh to the thirteenth verse there seems to be an allusion to a hostile invasion, battles, sieges, etc. A neighboring chief, without provocation, invades his neighbor's territories, and none of his friends will come to his help. "I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard," Job 19:7. The foe has seized on all the passes, and he is hemmed up. "He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass," Job…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11He hath also kindled his wrath - He is angry. Wrath in the Scriptures is usually represented as burning or inflamed - because like fire it destroys everything before it. And he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies - He treats me as he would an enemy. The same complaint he elsewhere makes; see Job 13:24; perhaps also in Job 16:9. We are not to understand Job here as admitting that “he” was an enemy of God. He constantly maintained that he was not…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. 1111. enemies--(Job 13:24; La 2:5).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 19:11

• 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