God’s Word Translation
Job 19:10
10He beats me down on every side until I’m gone. He uproots 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
8“God has blocked my path so that I can’t go on. He has made my paths dark. 9He has stripped me of my honor. He has taken the crown off my head. He beats me down on every side until I’m gone. He uproots my hope like a tree. 11He is very angry at me. He considers me to be his enemy. 12His troops assemble against me. They build a ramp to attack 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 19:10
- Job 1:13One day when Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s home,
- Job 2:7Satan left the Lord’s presence and struck Job with painful boils from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
- Psalms 88:13I cry out to you for help, O Lord, and in the morning my prayer will come into your presence.
- Lamentations 2:5The Lord became an enemy. He swallowed up Israel. He swallowed up all of its palaces. He destroyed its strongholds. He made the people of Judah mourn and moan.
- 2 Corinthians 4:8In every way we’re troubled, but we aren’t crushed by our troubles. We’re frustrated, but we don’t give up.
- Job 17:11My days are passing by. My plans are broken. My dreams ⌞are shattered⌟.
- Psalms 102:11My days are like a shadow that is getting longer, and I wither away like grass.
- Job 6:11What strength do I have ⌞left⌟ that I can go on hoping? What goal do I have that I would want to prolong my life?
- Job 8:13The same thing happens to all who forget God. The hope of the godless dies.
- Job 17:15then where is my hope? Can you see any hope left in me?
- Job 24:20The womb forgets them. Worms feast on them. No one remembers them anymore, and wickedness is snapped like a twig.
- Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked person ⌞acting like⌟ a tyrant, spreading himself out like a large cedar tree.
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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