New International Version
Job 19:11
11His anger burns against me; he counts me among his enemies.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)His fury burns against me; he counts me as an enemy.
Context of Job 19:11
9He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head. 10He tears me down on every side till I am gone; he uproots my hope like a tree. His anger burns against me; he counts me among his enemies. 12His troops advance in force; they build a siege ramp against me and encamp around my tent. 13“He has alienated my family from me; my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
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וַיַּ֣חַר עָלַ֣י אַפּ֑וֹ וַיַּחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי ל֣וֹ כְצָרָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 19:11
- Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire will be kindled by my wrath, one that burns down to the realm of the dead below. It will devour the earth and its harvests and set afire the foundations of the mountains.
- Psalms 89:46How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
- Psalms 90:7We are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation.
- Job 13:24Why do you hide your face and consider me your enemy?
- Job 16:9God assails me and tears me in his anger and gnashes his teeth at me; my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.
- Job 33:10Yet God has found fault with me; he considers me his enemy.
- Lamentations 2:5The Lord is like an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for Daughter Judah.
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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