Revised Literal Translation
Job 19:10
10He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed 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
8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. 9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree. 11He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. 12His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
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יִתְּצֵ֣נִי סָ֭בִיב וָאֵלַ֑ךְ וַיַּסַּ֥ע כָּ֝עֵ֗ץ תִּקְוָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 19:10
- Job 1:13And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
- Job 2:7So went Satan forth from the presence of Yhwh, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
- Psalms 88:13But unto thee have I cried, O Yhwh; and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
- Lamentations 2:5The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
- 2 Corinthians 4:8We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
- Job 17:11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
- Psalms 102:11My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
- Job 6:11What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
- Job 8:13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
- Job 17:15And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
- Job 24:20The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
- Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay 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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