God’s Word Translation
Job 19:11
11He is very angry at me. He considers me to be his enemy.
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 stripped me of my honor. He has taken the crown off my head. 10He beats me down on every side until I’m gone. He uproots my hope like a tree. He 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. 13“My brothers stay far away from me. My friends are complete strangers to me.
Read all of Job 19Job 19:11 word by word
וַיַּ֣חַר עָלַ֣י אַפּ֑וֹ וַיַּחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי ל֣וֹ כְצָרָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 19:11
- Deuteronomy 32:22My anger has started a fire that will burn to the depths of hell. It will consume the earth and its crops and set the foundations of the mountains on fire.
- Psalms 89:46How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger continue to burn like fire?
- Psalms 90:7Indeed, your anger consumes us. Your rage terrifies us.
- Job 13:24Why do you hide your face ⌞from me⌟ and consider me your enemy?
- Job 16:9“God’s anger tore me ⌞apart⌟ and attacked me. He gritted his teeth at me. My opponent looked sharply at me.
- Job 33:10God is only looking for an excuse to attack me. He considers me his enemy.
- 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.
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
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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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